Faculty and student discussions of racial and sexual inequality should be unencumbered on college campuses.
Faculty and students must be permitted to explore these concepts and competing theories without government interference.
https://www.thefire.org/as-predicted-executive-order-casts-chilling-effect-but-universities-need-not-cancel-diversity-trainings/ … #freespeech
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Replying to @realchrisrufo @TheFIREorg
This is consistent with FIRE's mission. It's a complex balancing, though, for me: FIRE's support of viewpoint diversity, on one hand (which I fully support); and, on the other, my distaste for CRT. Wherever there's a conflict, though, I will always support free speech.
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It seems the question turns on the difference between promote and discuss. If institutions are 'discussing' whether one is racist by virtue of their race, that's one thing. If they are promoting it, that's another.
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Replying to @Pseudoplotinus @a_centrism and
And if by promoting the insinuation is one's job is in jeopardy if they defy that training, that's even worse. A lot of what I'm reading suggests the last case is the problem.
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A simple comparison: what if a university had a mandatory training for employees on "the importance of being pro-life" or "gun ownership is essential to being a good person."
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