That’s how civil-libertarian columnist Nat Hentoff describes the politically-correct abuse leveled at Brandeis University professor Donald Hindley by Hindley’s own administration:

At Brandeis University in Massachusetts, professor Donald Hindley — on the faculty for 48 years — teaches a course on Latin American politics. Last fall, he described how Mexican migrants to the United States used to be discriminatorily called ‘’wetbacks.’’ An anonymous student complained to the administration accusing Hindley of using prejudicial language — the first complaint against him in 48 years.
After an investigation, during which Hindley was not told the nature of the complaint, Brandeis Provost Marty Krauss informed Hindley that ‘’The University will not tolerate inappropriate, racial and discriminatory conduct by members of its faculty.’’ A corollary accusation was that students suffered ‘’significant emotional trauma’’ when exposed to such a term.

The rest is a depressing example of high-level cowardice at a school that should know better.