Yale gives ‘race relations’ award to two students who confronted professor

Yale awarded a prize to two students who were part of a confrontation with a professor last year over racial sensitivity on campus. Professor Nicholas Christakis attempted to have a discussion with a large group of students who were upset about an email Christakis’ wife had written. One student got in the professor’s face and told him their common humanity was not significant. Another student suggested he had created space for violence. Those two students were singled at gr