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Interpretation of Waker's cultural view: How does her view challenge social common sense?
Amy Laura Wax is an American law scholar and neurologist. She teaches at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and focuses on social welfare law and the relationship between the family and the labor market.However, her remarks often sparked controversy, especially criticisms against non-white groups, making her career the focus of public discussion.Wacker was suspended from school for one year in 2024 for misconduct, an incident that made her views and the challenges to social common sense a hot topic.
The decline of "bourgeois values" has led to the growth of social problems since the 1950s.
Warke's views, especially her views on culture and race, seem to reflect doubts about changes in social structure.She once pointed out in an article that the collapse of certain social values is causing a series of social problems as socio-economic changes, including a sharp drop in male labor force participation, the prevalence of opioid abuse and the soaring birth rate of children from single-parent families.
She declared that “all cultures are not equal” and regarded this as an impact on productivity and economic performance.
These remarks caused a fierce response.Wacker mentioned that certain cultures can better cultivate individuals who can adapt to advanced economies.This view is seen by many colleagues and the media as a direct challenge to current mainstream insights about multiculturalism.Her colleagues even launched a petition hoping to fire her and accuse her of racism.
Warke's speech on different occasions, both comments on African Americans and Asian Americans showed her views on the complex relationship between culture and race.She mentioned in an interview that "I never saw a black student graduate from the first quarter of the class during class, which is a very inconvenient fact." Such comments led her to clash with the dean of Pennsylvania Law School, who explicitly stated that black students also scored excellent results at the school.
Warker said, "Our country will be better because of fewer non-white people, and this cultural embrace from nationalism means that."
In 2019, Wacker made similar remarks again at a conservative conference, which caused further controversy in her position.With strong criticism of her speech, some conservative media also supported her speech, believing that this was a manifestation of freedom of speech.This tug-of-war between freedom of speech and social responsibility has made the tension between Waker's view and the mainstream of society more obvious.
Faced with increasing opposition, Wacker's reaction was challenging. She even described the punishment she faced as a suppression of academic freedom.In 2024, Pennsylvania finally decided to suspend her for one year and asked her to declare in a public speech that it does not represent the school's position.
Many people question why an academic position would be punished so severely for personal speech.
This situation not only triggered discussions on academic freedom and freedom of speech, but also aroused reflection on social multiculturalism.In today's society, how the diversity of individual views is balanced with the requirements of collective consensus has become an issue that needs to be discussed urgently.
Faced with such a split discussion, how will the academic community in the future deal with these strongly opposed views and reconciliation?Does this mean that society’s re-understanding of boundaries and boundaries is approaching?
