Got shut down for mentioning a different viewpoint in a sociology lecture last fall

I was in a Sociology 101 class at the community college in Spokane, and the professor was going on about how all police interactions are inherently racist. I raised my hand and asked if maybe the data could also show something about crime rates by neighborhood, and before I finished my sentence she told me to 'stay on topic' and moved on. Why is it that asking a simple question gets you treated like a problem?

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torres.jason20d ago

My cousin actually took the same class up at Eastern Washington University last year and she got basically the same treatment when she brought up crime stats broken down by time of day and officer body cam footage. Here's the thing nobody talks about - that professor probably has tenure or a contract that makes it nearly impossible to get fired for shutting down students, but a community college that needs state funding to stay open gets really scared when someone questions the official narrative in a public class. So they'd rather just shut you up than risk a complaint from a student who says the class is being too one-sided.

gavinm8920d ago

Happens everywhere when the money gets nervous.