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Academic harassment concerns spread beyond 'woke Cambridge'

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The death of Cambridge professor Jason Arday has sparked a wider discussion about the pressures faced by ethnic minority academics. Arday's public unravelling and subsequent death have led to anxieties among colleagues of color, who fear similar targeted harassment and scrutiny of their own work and private lives. The author argues that this issue extends beyond Western "woke" culture wars, implicating universities, the press, and online mobs globally, including in Asia, as institutions strive for international academic standards. AI

RANK_REASON Opinion piece discussing the broader implications of a specific academic's public unravelling and death.

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Academic harassment concerns spread beyond 'woke Cambridge'

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Shzr Ee Tan ·

    Jason Arday’s death is not just a ‘woke Cambridge’ tragedy

    Three weeks ago, I watched with horror the car crash of Cambridge professor Jason Arday’s public unravelling. You know the story: allegations about plagiarism; then more accusations, headlines and people announcing they had always felt “something was off”. It was less an investig…

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