Has Anyone Watched The Documentary On The Bret Weinstein Evergreen Situation?

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In March 2017, he wrote a letter to Evergreen faculty, objecting to a change in the college's decades-old tradition of observing a "Day of Absence" during which minority students and faculty would voluntarily stay away from campus to highlight their contributions to the college.[11] The announced change would flip the traditional event by asking white participants to attend an off-campus program to talk about race issues, and the on-campus program was designated for participating people of color.[12] Weinstein wrote that it established a dangerous precedent:

There is a huge difference between a group or coalition deciding to voluntarily absent themselves from a shared space in order to highlight their vital and underappreciated roles.... and a group encouraging another group to go away. The first is a forceful call to consciousness, which is, of course, crippling to the logic of oppression. The second is a show of force, and an act of oppression in and of itself.

—?Bret Weinstein in a message to a campus email list[13]
In response, the organizers stated that participation was voluntary and that no one implied that all white people should leave.[14]

In May 2017, student protests disrupted the campus and called for a number of changes to the college. The protests involved allegations of racism, intolerance and threats; brought national attention to Evergreen; and sparked further debate about free speech on college campuses.[15] During the protests, there was an altercation between protesters and Weinstein.[16][17]

In a lawsuit brought against the school by Weinstein and his wife, Heather Heying, Weinstein said the college's president had not asked campus police to quell student protesters.[18][19] Weinstein also said that campus police had told him that they could not protect him, and they encouraged him to stay off campus. Weinstein then held his biology class in a public park.[20][21] In September 2017, a settlement was reached. Weinstein and Heying resigned and received $250,000 each, after having sought $3.8 million in damage

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