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Title: A little accuracy would be nice...
Review: Yet another one-note, one-thought attack on American universities and colleges. I was a little surprised to see the description of my own school, Bowdoin College, in the book (pp. 93, 147, 217), because the description given didn't match what I knew of Bowdoin's policies -- and, indeed, their description has nothing to do with Bowdoin's official policies on harassment, as published on Bowdoin's Web site. One wonders how many similar cases can be documented, given the lack of referencing of their claims about such speech codes. Their apologie for the activities of racist organizations like the Pioneer Fund (pp. 136-143) is similarly unfortunate. It's too bad, because a balanced book on this topic would be very useful -- but this ain't it.
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