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http://news.nationalpost.com/news/c...s-in-video-refuses-to-use-genderless-pronouns
Jordan Peterson (who is a white male! - the article ensures that we know this) is objecting to the Trudeau's Bill C-16, which proposes to outlaw harassment and discrimination based on gender identity and gender expression. He decries what he claims are attempts by the university to transform its human resources department into “a politically correct institution.”
He went public after receiving a memo outlining new mandatory anti-racist and anti-bias training.
He continues saying he is concerned the university is consulting groups like the Black Liberation Collective on campus policy matters, noting he respects their right to exist and protest, but questioning their credentials to offer expert opinion.
Needless to say, he's not the most popular person right now. You don't hear about many people in such institutions standing up to PC culture like this. He has a lecture in the link which sparked all of this.
Jordan Peterson (who is a white male! - the article ensures that we know this) is objecting to the Trudeau's Bill C-16, which proposes to outlaw harassment and discrimination based on gender identity and gender expression. He decries what he claims are attempts by the university to transform its human resources department into “a politically correct institution.”
“I don’t recognize another person’s right to determine what pronouns I use to address them. I won’t do it.”
“The pronoun issue is straightforward, I won’t mouth the words of ideologues, because when you do that you become a puppet for their ideology... it's incoherent, over-inclusive and all encompassing and has had a disproportionate impact on language used by other government bodies”
He went public after receiving a memo outlining new mandatory anti-racist and anti-bias training.
“That disturbs me because if someone asked me to take anti-bias training, I think I am agreeing that I am sufficiently racist or biased to need training,”
He continues saying he is concerned the university is consulting groups like the Black Liberation Collective on campus policy matters, noting he respects their right to exist and protest, but questioning their credentials to offer expert opinion.
“I have no problem with them, people can organize themselves however they want, but I have an issue with U of T considering them a legitimate policy advisor. I don’t think there is any evidence U of T is a racist university. I think we have done an extraordinary job of building a multi-racial and multi-ethnic university and community, better so than almost all schools.”
Needless to say, he's not the most popular person right now. You don't hear about many people in such institutions standing up to PC culture like this. He has a lecture in the link which sparked all of this.