University of Pennsylvania: Don t Fire Amy Wax, Debate Her Views | RealClearEducation

Say what you will about Wax, the lady has courage. In a December 2021 podcast with Brown University professor Glenn Loury, Wax claimed that the U.S. has too many Asians, warning about the danger of the dominance of an Asian elite in this country. Responding to a critic, Wax raised concerns about the large percentage of Asian and South Asian Americans voting for Democrats. Her conservative host, Loury, described Wax s statements as outrageous.

To his credit, Penn Law School dean Theodore Ruger defended Wax s free speech rights while also denouncing her views as xenophobic and white supremacist.  Despite her having won a teaching award, Penn long ago banned Wax from teaching required courses, fearing her presence would emotionally trigger the Ivy League school s sensitive future attorneys, many of whom have repeatedly demanded her firing.

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I don’t think Amy Wax should be fired, though I disagree with her about Asian-Americans. I tend to agree with Andrew Yang that “our Asians are better than their Asians,” i.e., that we get the best or at least more than our share of the smartest, and hardest working people of Asian extraction as immigrants to the US, and thank God we do. As with the Jews and the Irish and other Atlantic Islanders, not to mention the ethnicities of your choice. But Amy is entitled to her views and if she is fired for having unacceptable views, that surely hurts everybody.