BOOM. The AAUP is suing Texas A&M University System over their censorship policy that prohibits faculty from discussing topics & viewpoints related to race, sexual orientation, & gender. www.aclutx.org/app/uploads/... 1
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“My ethics course was canceled for noncompliance w/ a draconian censorship policy. The chilling effect of this is immeasurable & poisons the very soul of what a university should be: a place where ideas are roam free & debate is uninhibited by political winds.” — Leonard Bright, Texas A&M AAUP. 4
chronicle.com‘What Are We Even Doing Here?': New Lawsuit Challenges Ban on Race and Gender Topics at Texas A&MPlaintiffs included four faculty members whose courses were canceled or not offered.
“By embarking on a campaign of censorship, Texas A&M has abdicated its responsibility to support students’ right to learn & faculty’s right to teach. A university that censors Plato & other texts abandons its obligation to truth, free inquiry, & the public trust.” — Todd Wolfson, AAUP president 5
aaup.orgAAUP President Todd Wolfson: An Institution That Censors Plato is Not a Serious Institution of Higher LearningCensoring Plato is an academic absurdity and a textbook violation of academic freedom. Barring a foundational philosopher who is a cornerstone of Western thought because his work touches on race or ge...
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