Activism and Advocacy versus Academics

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Re: Activism and Advocacy versus Academics

Postby torn80 » Thu Feb 16, 2023 6:12 am

Yeonmi Park on classroom wokeness: It's a madness
Our colleges have become like little North Koreas where academics has been eliminated in favor of ideological indoctrination.
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Re: Activism and Advocacy versus Academics

Postby CrustyOldFart » Sun Jun 25, 2023 6:07 am

torn80: It's worse than that. I think not only have our institutions of higher learning become "little North Koreas" where propaganda has replaced truth, but so have our corporations and governmental agencies. We are rotting from the inside and becoming exactly what we stood against only a few years ago. The rotting process may have begun decades ago, but it only became obvious these last several years.
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Re: Activism and Advocacy versus Academics

Postby cactuspete » Thu Oct 19, 2023 5:46 am

If colleges teach anti-American rhetoric, they shouldn't get taxpayer dollars: Rep. Beth Van Duyne
I seriously doubt that colleges promote hatred towards anyone. Colleges are supposed to teach students to analyze situations from multiple points of view. It's perfectly fine to make students aware of different perspectives on a situation, but they should not advocate for any particular ideology. Awareness, understanding, and critical thinking is not the same as advocacy. Professors should not encourage protests, but if students decide to protest over some issue, that's not necessarily the fault of the college.
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Re: Activism and Advocacy versus Academics

Postby pcslim » Sun Jan 07, 2024 6:28 am

Education expert torches DEI: 'Forces anti-Americanism'
Not only is it anti-American, it's also racist!
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