PROF. JOHN BANZHAF: Fair? Fire Penn U Prof For “Racist” Claims Without Refuting Them.

More than 1000 student groups, and individuals affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania, are demanding that Penn law professor Amy Wax be fired for a claim she allegedly made which they have labeled “racist,” harmful to minority students, and antagonistic.

But it appears that neither the protestors at Penn nor Penn itself – which likewise condemned Wax’s remarks without even trying to refute them – have come forward with any evidence even suggesting that her argument is incorrect, much less any proof that it is so clearly false that it cannot even be discussed or debated, says public interest law professor John Banzhaf. . . .

If Penn disagrees with a professor, they should prove her wrong, not simply label what she said as “racist,” and assume that should end all argument and provide the basis for punishment, he says.

The thing about any un-PC statement is that if it’s true, the statement is even more “hurtful” — and hence even more deserving of punishment — than if it’s false. So why bother refuting it?