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Sep. 10, 2025

Flunk hate: Why racism deserves an F, not an A

When a law student submits a paper advocating white supremacy and violence, the only appropriate academic response is to fail it outright, as neutrality in the face of hate is complicity.

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Flunk hate: Why racism deserves an F, not an A
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In "What to do with a racist law student?," Daily Journal, Sept. 2, 2025, Myron Moskovitz raised a question that should never have required serious pondering: What is a law professor to do when faced with a student who submits a paper advocating a white ethno-state, the disenfranchisement of nonwhites, and "shoot-to-kill" orders at the border? Moskovitz hesitated. My answer require...

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