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Nonilex
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@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp last week

#TexasAM Ends #WomensStudies & Overhauls Classes Over #Race & #Gender

[this on top of the bizarre ban on the #philosophy department from teaching #Plato — seriously]

New policies limiting the teaching of race & gender issues led administrators & professors to change hundreds of courses. #School leaders say the rules could hurt A&M’s reputation. [ya think?]

#BrainDrain #college #university #education #FarRight #extremism #racism #sexism #heterosexism #USpol #idiocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/us/texas-am-gender-ethnic-womens-studies-academic-freedom.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

https://www.nytimes.com

Texas A&M Ends Women’s Studies and Overhauls Classes Over Race and Gender

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Skim Shady
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@woodenmachines@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

@Nonilex old white men rule to only talk about old white men #patriarchy

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@Nonilex@masto.ai replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

#TexasAM #University said Friday that it would end its #women’s & #gender studies program, & that the syllabuses for hundreds of courses had been altered under new policies limiting how #race & gender ideology may be discussed in classrooms.

The university said that 6 courses had been canceled entirely because of the new rules, out of the ~5,400 that were planned for this semester at one of the nation’s largest #public #universities.

#law #AcademicFreedom #FirstAmendment #education #idiocracy

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@knutson_brain@sfba.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

@Nonilex
Talk about #cancelculture ! Looking forward to a rapid response from the #freespeech warriors ( but don’t hold your breath )…

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Nonilex
Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

@knutson_brain

Not in Texas anyway

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Nonilex
Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

The #TexasAM system’s regents — all of them appointed by Gov #GregAbbott, a #Republican — approved the restrictive policies late last year, & officials have been scrambling since then to interpret & enforce them. Supporters contend that the rules are appropriate measures to prevent political ideologies, especially those often associated with the left, from entering classrooms. Opponents say the approach encourages self- #censorship & is itself ideological.

#law #AcademicFreedom #education

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FurballsNHairballs
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@ChrisHolladay@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

@Nonilex
Gregg Abbot can suck donkeys...24/7

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Nonilex
Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

From Jan 7
Faculty at #TexasAM #University were told this week that roughly 200 courses in the #College of Arts & Sciences could be affected by a new system policy restricting classroom discussions of #race & #gender, the implementation of which has already led administrators to direct a #philosophy professor to remove #Plato readings from a core course.

#law #AcademicFreedom #FirstAmendment #BrainDrain #education #FarRight #racism #sexism #heterosexism #USpol #idiocracy
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/01/07/texas-am-race-gender-courses/

The Texas Tribune

Texas A&M restrictions on race, gender could affect 200 courses

With the semester set to begin next week, professors have been directed to alter courses, and some classes have been removed or reassigned from the core curriculum at the College Station campus.
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oscarfalcon
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@oscarfalcon@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

@Nonilex

I read this as: "Making People In Texas Even More Fucking Stupid, Bigoted, And Racist By Decree!"

...yup, seem about right.

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FurballsNHairballs
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@ChrisHolladay@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

@Nonilex
The dumbing down of Anerica is now in progress

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