My daughter just finished her first year at UChicago. She is very far left on the political spectrum, and very interested in social justice. She tells me all the time that she’s finally met “her people.” One of her classes read a lot of Marx and similar writers, and she said that by the end of the term, she was pretty sure that everyone in the class was now a communist (and I think she was only exaggerating slightly). The university has a strong commitment to social justice issues, particularly given the community in which it is located. There’s a whole office just dedicated to civic engagement, focusing primarily on connections to the South Side neighborhoods.
I can’t speak for sure as to how LGBTQ+ students feel, but I can tell you that my daughter (who is straight) would point blank refuse to attend any school where LGBTQ+ wasn’t welcomed and fully accepted.
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