Apparently, Republicans are all about safe spaces these days. Earlier this year, Texas A & M University fired a professor for teaching an “inappropriate view of sex.” As a result of the shooting, officials at the Texas A & M University System announced that professors must now seek approval from the school’s President to discuss any topic related to race and gender.
According to the AP, this is the first time a public university in Texas will define what a professor can and cannot teach. The new law will apply to all 12 campuses in the Texas A & M System, including Texas A & M proper, which is one of the public universities in Texas.
Under the new policy, no academic course taught at Texas A&M can “confront race or gender stereotypes, or topics related to sexual orientation or gender identity.” So if you teach at Texas A & M, make sure you don’t express counter-intuitive views like “trans people exist” or “racism is bad, actually.”
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The new law is the latest fallout from a viral video showing Texas A&M student Melissa McCoul. McCoul was teaching a children’s literature course when the topic of gender identity came up. “This and many more are against not only me but the religious references of the people. And therefore I will not participate in this which is against my beliefs of the President,” said a student who can be heard speaking on the video.
“If you’re not comfortable in this class, you have the right to leave. What we’re doing is illegal,” McCoul replied.
It’s crazy that Republicans have spent so much time whining about safe spaces and raising kids who can’t handle the idea of hearing their gender stereotypes challenged.
The video is in response to the outrage of Texas Republicans who say it’s free speech, but they’ve tried to see what’s being taught in both K-12 schools and higher education. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott demanded that McCoul, a teacher of more than a decade, be fired from his job.
After the initial cleanup, McCoul was finally fired, and Glenn Hegar, the chancellor of the Texas A & M University program, was ordered to investigate the courses taught at all 12 campuses. Former Texas A&M president Molande Welsh resigned after intense Republican pressure over his initial reluctance to fire McCoul.
The policy has received mixed reception from Texas A&M professors. “Our job is to teach the truth, teach the truth, and if … we have to use someone’s approval, and we don’t have the truth, and we don’t have the truth, and we don’t have the truth, and we don’t have the truth of the tree of government and society, we told AP before the meeting.
One with bright unity and seven accused prophets were accused of opposing the policy during the meeting and called McCoul to be revived. Regent Sam criticized this policy, saying that it was put in place to “make sure we teach, not advise.”
Considering that these new policies are being put in place in response to so-called republican pressure, it sounds very encouraging to me.
BREAKFUT:
Texas A&M president bows to Republican pressure
Texas A & M is being sued for intellectual discrimination
