Too true... I would like to share that my harassment as a lecturer, began when I stood up for my black students (I'm ethnically Indian) .
There are always people of goodwill who do so, but we rarely hear of those actions: another reason for me to write up my experiences ! Thank you for your important article - it's a dialogue that is certainly needed.
It's tragic that it seems it's human anture to take the easy way out. Even within a family, the truthteller is the one that is scapegoated and the silent family members are the damn enablers.