I am a historian of Indigenous America. I’ve been making this point for the last decade at least. We must confront those who attack what we do and call them to account. Demand that they produce evidence. Expose their ignorance. We must be productive scholars willing to combat right wing smears.

Higher Ed Can’t Be Neutral in an Age of Brutality. It Must Choose Democracy.Contemporary proponents of “institutional neutrality” fail to grasp that universities have never been outside politics.truthout.org