Sarah Lawrence College activists demand resignation of conservative prof for being conservative

A conservative professor at Sarah Lawrence College is being targeted by radical activists who don't much like the fact that he's conservative.

Usually, when we've covered cases like this, the activists and liberal faculty will take something the professor said, exaggerate it all out of proportion, and accuse the prof of being racist, homophobic, misogynistic, etc.

But in this case, the offending professor, Samuel Abrams, penned an op-ed in the New York Times that simply advocated for political diversity on campus. Abrams said nothing remotely controversial, and he offered empirical evidence for massive liberal bias among college administrators.

The activists, calling themselves the "Diaspora Coalition," couldn't take it.

Reason.com:

One of these demands concerns Samuel Abrams, a tenured professor of politics.  Abrams is conservative-leaning, and has complained about the ideological bias of leftist administrators in a New York Times op-ed. Last November, his office door was vandalized by unknown persons who wanted him to apologize to marginalized students and quit the college.

Now the Diaspora Coalition is demanding that Sarah Lawrence review Abrams' tenure.  The review should be conducted by a panel consisting of members of — you guessed it — the Diaspora Coalition, as well as faculty members of color.

"In addition, the College must issue a statement condemning the harm that Abrams has caused to the college community, specifically queer, Black, and female students," the demands continue.  The college must also apologize "for its refusal to protect marginalized students wounded by his op-ed and the ignorant dialogue that followed.  Abrams must issue a public apology to the broader SLC community and cease to target Black people, queer people, and women."

What monstrous, racist, anti-gay, anti-female ideas did the professor publish?

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