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The video going viral brought the matter to the attention of texas government officials. The government officials strongly disagree with the content of the cour
by snailmailman 1y ago
The video going viral brought the matter to the attention of texas government officials. The government officials strongly disagree with the content of the course.
It is a publicly funded school, and the government has some power to influence it, mainly control of funding. They likely could put up a fight, but government officials were threatening to fire various school administrators. They likely can’t actually do that directly, it would require a few steps, but the school doesn’t want to put up the fight I guess.
It’s the government censoring what gets taught at universities. Texas has been doing similar things at public schools too, but this is a university, which usually has more freedom in what gets taught.
- kelseyfrog 1y agoThank you for explaining the connection. The content of the book or the discussion is a big threat to the people in power in Texas?
- snailmailman 1y agoThe book has a non-binary character. The course also acknowledges the existence of transgender people. This is part of a much broader crackdown in Texas on the LGBT community. The only “threat” here is that students might learn about the existence of trans and non-binary people. If they do that, they might have issues with how the current government of Texas is trying very hard to take away the rights of those people.