April 24, 2018
Source/www.law.upenn.edu
Amy L. Wax is the Robert Mundheim Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania.
Controversial Penn Law professor Amy Wax is collecting a fresh wave of social media backlash after her most recent comments during a Penn Law debate last week.
Wax has made a series of controversial public statements over the last year that have garnered her significant negative attention, starting with her op-ed published last year which suggested a return to “bourgeois culture,” and again earlier this year when she said there are no African-American law students at Penn who graduate in the top percentages of their classes.
Now Wax has again caused angst with her comments after, the Daily Pennsylvanian reported, she argued that “traditional marriage values” are key in ensuring a child’s success in life.
The comments brought renewed attention to Wax’s history of questionable remarks. Last Friday, attorney and former White House advisor Michelle J. Millben published an article in USA Today taking aim at Wax’s racially charged comments titled, “Amy Wax said black students can’t excel in law school. Bless her heart, we can and do.”
In the piece, Millben details the discrimination she experienced while studying law. It has been shared widely on social media.
“Amy Wax said black students can't excel in law school. Bless her heart, we can and do.” -@mjmesq with important message to students https://t.co/loeRROBOfj via @usatoday
— John King (@JohnBKing) April 23, 2018
I wonder if Amy Wax ever heard of my law school classmate Barack Obama, who was the president of the Harvard Law Review? https://t.co/xq3LC20jHj
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) April 22, 2018
who the hell is Amy Wax? why is she even speaking on the subject? is she Tomi Lorens lover? https://t.co/mF60GTEvRY
— guess who (@guesswho158) April 23, 2018
Elsewhere on social media, members of the Bucknell University community are asking the school to rethink welcoming Wax to its campus on April 26 for a talk titled “The Perils of the Push for Equal Results.”
Gwendolyn Williams, a writer and visiting assistant professor of biology at Bucknell, criticized the school, writing on Twitter, “White supremacist Amy Wax will be speaking at my university under the pretense of ‘viewpoint diversity.’”
White supremacist Amy Wax will be speaking at my university under the pretense of "viewpoint diversity."
— Gwendolyn Clare (@gwendoclare) April 24, 2018
Please RT if you think @BucknellU ought to protect our students of color instead of actively fostering a hostile learning environment.
Williams posted a copy of the official announcement for the event, which was organized by the Bucknell University Conservatives Club and the Bucknell College Republicans.
“Through her courageous and challenging contributions to public debates, Professor Wax has effectively illustrated the dangers of a lack of viewpoint diversity in the American academic world,” the announcement reads.
Here is a screencap of the official announcement, with the co-sponsorships highlighted. This isn't just being allowed -- it's being endorsed. pic.twitter.com/TLknAduXWQ
— Gwendolyn Clare (@gwendoclare) April 24, 2018
Catch up on our previous coverage of Amy Wax here.
