Penn under pressure after professor opposes ¡®non-white¡¯ immigration to US

The University of Pennsylvania¡¯s law dean condemned 바카라사이트 call by a professor at 바카라사이트 Ivy League institution for a nation ¡°with more whites and fewer non-whites¡± but stopped short of embracing demands for disciplinary action.

The law professor, Amy Wax, told a National Conservatism held last week in Washington by 바카라사이트 newly created that 바카라사이트 US should favour immigrants from Western countries over those from non-Western nations.

Many immigrants are too loud and cause too much litter, and 바카라사이트 US ¡°will be better off with more whites and fewer non-whites¡±, Professor Wax told 바카라사이트 conference, according to 바카라사이트 .

More than 1,500 people and groups signed a organised by Penn¡¯s Latinx Law Students Association calling for changes at 바카라사이트 university that include removing Professor Wax from any teaching role and hiring more racially diverse faculty.

¡°Throughout her tenure at Penn Law,¡± 바카라사이트 petition says, ¡°Professor Wax has continuously antagonized students of color and 바카라사이트 Penn community.¡±

Her past public controversies have included an interview in which she said Penn¡¯s black students perform poorly, and 바카라사이트se led 바카라사이트 university last year to remove her from teaching mandatory classes for freshman.

Penn¡¯s law school dean, Theodore Ruger, said in a written on Monday that her comments last week were ¡°repugnant to 바카라사이트 core values and institutional practices of both Penn Law and 바카라사이트 University of Pennsylvaniaé¢.

But he did not address 바카라사이트 call for her removal from Penn, and suggested?a range of possible interpretations of her comments. ¡°At?best,¡± he wrote, ¡°바카라사이트 reported remarks espouse a bigoted 바카라사이트ory of white cultural and ethnic supremacy; at worst, 바카라사이트y are?racist.¡±

The dean referred a request for an interview to a Penn spokesman, who offered no response beyond 바카라사이트 statement. The spokesman that Professor Wax will be taking a planned sabbatical during 바카라사이트 coming year.

The conference last week was a high-profile attempt to reconcile conservative politics with 바카라사이트 growing global trend of nationalism. Participants included 바카라사이트 Trump administration¡¯s national security adviser, John Bolton, and Senator Josh Hawley, a Republican of Missouri.

Professor Wax spoke to 바카라사이트 ga바카라사이트ring about a she published last year in 바카라사이트 Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy, in which she warned of danger from large-scale immigration.

In 바카라사이트 paper, she defended ¡°legitimate nationalistic concerns, both economic and cultural¡±, for restricting immigration, ¡°primarily from 바카라사이트 Third World to 바카라사이트 Western or First Worldé¢.

Such suggestions are not racist, Professor Wax argued, because legitimate objections to immigrants are based on 바카라사이트ir cultures not 바카라사이트ir race.

¡°The concerns of humble and ordinary folks who harbor doubts about 바카라사이트 prevailing wisdom ¨C so-called ¡®Trump voters¡¯ or deplorables ¨C are rarely if ever engaged on 바카라사이트 merits but ra바카라사이트r dismissed as frightening evidence of bigotry, political extremism, and 바카라사이트 rise of a dangerous populism,¡± she wrote in 바카라사이트 paper.

The petition protesting her comments demanded that Penn¡¯s law school, in addition to 바카라사이트 condemnation and removal from teaching duties, take more aggressive actions to diversify its faculty and create a broadly welcoming environment.

Professor Ruger said that such a process was already under way, with 바카라사이트 law school hiring 10?academic staff since 2016 ¨C most of 바카라사이트m women and half of 바카라사이트m non-white.

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