[Chazprime]

> Probably what you should take away from this is not “wokism gone crazy”

Perhaps not, but every year this rhetoric grows more and more aggressive - and thanks to social media - is now leaking into our everyday vernacular.

At what point do we say “this is enough” rather than hand-waving it away as yet another excess of academia?

[fleddr]

It never is enough. There's entire armies of staff now for which this nonsense is their job. Just like a DEI department will always fabricate new types of division. It's their business model.

[onepointsixC]

>At what point do we say “this is enough” rather than hand-waving it away as yet another excess of academia?

That point will never happen, because those who stand up will be righteously cut down. An acquaintance is seeking a faculty position and they are being asked ideologically filtering questions in interviews, with the pretty overt suggestion that the wrong answer to any would disqualify them as a candidate.

[readerbaza]

The point was well past when a git branch name became offensive (allegedly).

[foofoo4u]

> At what point do we say “this is enough” rather than hand-waving it away as yet another excess of academia?

There will never be enough, because "enough" has not been defined. They have no interest in doing so. Even if they did, the "end goal" would never be reached, because they have too much of a seated interest in preserving their grievances.