Roger Kimball was quoted recently in Imprimis Magazine, making a pithy observation on the state of higher education: “The more expensive education becomes the more it seems to lead, not to broader understanding, but to narrower horizons.”

Kimball marveled at the removal of a picture of Shakespeare from University of Pennsylvania’s English Department in favor of a photo of Audre Lorde—a black feminist writer. The Department Chairman gushed over the students’ courage to replace it: “they were committed to a more inclusive mission,” he said for the department.

But the rest of us might ask: “OK, but how long will the replacement photo be tolerated?” This trend towards erasing history is not slowing down.

What’s the next step? Bans on Broadway revivals of Neal Simon or Arthur Miller? Persecution of bookstores for selling non-PC books?

Defenders of our common history’s heroes and benefactors should speak out now. Your local libraries and museums may be the next target.

Roger Kimball was quoted recently in <a href="https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/shall-defend-common-history/">Imprimis Magazine</a>, making a pithy observation on the state of higher education: &ldquo;The more expensive education becomes the more it seems to lead, not to broader understanding, but to narrower horizons.&rdquo;
Kimball marveled at the <a href="https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/12/14/students-penn-remove-portrait-shakespeare">removal of a picture</a> of Shakespeare from University of Pennsylvania&rsquo;s English Department in favor of a photo of Audre Lorde&mdash;a black feminist writer. The Department Chairman gushed over the students&rsquo; courage to replace it: &ldquo;they were committed to a more inclusive mission,&rdquo; he said for the department.
But the rest of us might ask: &ldquo;OK, but how long will the replacement photo be tolerated?&rdquo; This trend towards erasing history is not slowing down.
What&rsquo;s the next step? Bans on Broadway revivals of Neal Simon or Arthur Miller? Persecution of bookstores for selling non-PC books?
Defenders of our common history&rsquo;s heroes and benefactors should speak out now. Your local libraries and museums may be the next target.

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