If years ago you had heard of affluent college students screaming curse words at professors, demanding immunity from criticism, shouting down speakers deemed offensive, seeking therapy after a presidential election, and insisting that monuments of historic figures be torn down or renamed, who would have thought that campus authorities would respond sympathetically, providing the students with safe spaces where they are assured not to hear a discouraging word, and giving them toys and coloring books, counselors, puppies, and sedatives to calm their nerves? Would anyone have guessed that if students took offense at being asked where they come from, or being told that in America you can succeed if you work hard, or hearing that rewards should be allotted on the basis of merit (“microaggressions”), campus officials would respond by enforcing stringent speech codes, implementing sensitivity training, and mandating workshops
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