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Cambridge academic who sparked student protests appointed to Government’s equality board

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IwantToRetire · 03/12/2022 23:41

(I wonder if the Tories really care or are doing this to put two fingers up to those who they think are just too "woke"!)

A Cambridge don who sparked protests by inviting a “gender critical” feminist author to speak to students has been appointed to the board of the Government’s Equality and Human Rights Commission.

Professor Arif Ahmed, a philosophy lecturer at Gonville and Caius College, will be among experts charged with enforcing equalities legislation.

He rose to prominence for his opposition to Cambridge students who attempted to shut down a talk he organised with Helen Joyce, a gender critical feminist.

(As it happens the article is by Helen Joyce or is it possible that the article writer is also called Helen Joyce. Originally published in the Telegraph but reproduced by yahoo news, which is interesting in itself as they more usually stick to the Guardian mode of reporting on gender critical issues.)

uk.news.yahoo.com/cambridge-academic-sparked-student-protests-190000313.html

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Helleofabore · 04/12/2022 06:39

That is interesting retire. Because I couldn’t work out if he was someone who agreed with Helen J or just someone who made a point of prying open free speech to include people who others sought to deplatform.

Either way, I hope he will keep the EHRC lively with discussions about what is acceptable to all vs a small minority.

ErrolTheDragon · 04/12/2022 00:28

He's probably a good person to include on this committee, seems like he's pro free speech and more diverse diversity than some...

Apart from inviting Helen Joyce, according to his wiki page 'At Cambridge he has been an advocate for tolerance of diverse political views, in reaction to the university administration's cancellation of an invitation to the politically conservative academic Jordan Peterson'

(The article is by a Tony Diver; the reference to Helen Joyce is just a link to further info as she's mentioned in the piece)