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I dig this: "that university campuses might offer refuge to counter-hegemonic anti-capitalism" and I like to think so, too, and am feeling particularly corny about it having just come out of leading a discussion for a summer program for incoming freshman in which we discussed what the concept of "linguistic justice" might mean, what we might make it mean. They were freaking fantastic, and made me feel excited about the possibility even as I'm about to exit my ne plus ultra neoliberal university's shiny new "Science and Engineering" building and cross the street into Roxbury.

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I toured USC back in 2017 and kept hearing about how the neighborhood surrounding the campus was "bad" from tour guides etc. Then there was a drinks mixer for my specific grad program and I got talking to one of the current students (who was Hispanic) who chalked all of the "bad neighborhood" stuff up to racism ginned up by the institution itself.

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