Skin Deep the Battle for the Soul of Smith College Jodi Shaw Cornell University 10 16 2023 FINAL

Jodi Shaw was over the moon when she landed a job at Smith College. As an alum, she loved and trusted Smith. Not for one minute did she believe the college had anything but her best interests at heart. She didn’t question the prevailing narrative the college seemed fixated on promoting at all costs: that systemic racism is rampant, that white people have “white privilege,” and that any white person who fails to acknowledge it suffers from “white fragility.” When Shaw found herself on the growing list of lower level staff irrevocably harmed by this narrative, she began to ask hard questions, ones that would eventually land her in a highly public dispute with one of the most prestigious liberal arts institutions in the country.
An animated and thoughtful speaker, Shaw will recount the story of how she -a lifelong liberal-extricated herself from the grip of an incredibly toxic and damaging ideology at Smith College, and how the “social justice” agendas of elite institutions like Smith hurt lower level staff and cause damage to the campus community at large.
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[@aaronkindsvatter5615]

I learned a lot. So nice to hear from Jodi.

[@zentravel1515]

Brilliantly conveyed, and totally on point 👍

[@four0oneoneninethree]

Thanks Jodi.

[@randywayne5449]

Jodi is an inspirational and courageous person that got caught in a Kafkaesque situation at Smith College. Jodi's talk describes her fight for truth in a mendacious college. Staff at universities pay the greatest price for the illiberal DEI policies. Please, you who have more power than the staff, fight for the staff.

[@clarebirchley1772]

This issue... so well articulated Jodi. Thank you for sticking your neck out. Now, for others, including me, to step up to the plate too. Batter up!

[@Greg-xs5py]

Thanks for being brave, smart and for standing up to these Maoist tyrants.

[@four0oneoneninethree]

Maoist ... exactly. Thanks.