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Professors threaten bad grades for saying ‘illegal alien,’ ‘male,’ ‘female’

DerekJohnson
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"Multiple professors at Washington State University have explicitly told students their grades will suffer if they use terms such as “illegal alien,” "male," and “female,” or if they fail to “defer” to non-white students."
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  • whatshouldicareabout
    whatshouldicareabout Member Posts: 13,018
    According to the syllabus for Selena Lester Breikss’ “Women & Popular Culture” class, students risk a failing grade if they use any common descriptors that Breikss considers “oppressive and hateful language.”

    Wow, male and female are hateful? Fuck her.
  • OZONE
    OZONE Member Posts: 2,510
    edited August 2015

    campusreform.org/?ID=6770

    "Multiple professors at Washington State University have explicitly told students their grades will suffer if they use terms such as “illegal alien,” "male," and “female,” or if they fail to “defer” to non-white students."

    You should share this with Trump and the Westboro Baptist Church.

    They are looking for new material to be outrage about.
  • HFNY
    HFNY Member Posts: 5,589
    I see a lawsuit coming:

    A) Students who unintentionally (or intentionally) fail to follow these professors' arbitrary rules receive lesser grades than they could've and they / parents are pissed so they sue.

    B) Freedom of speech advocates sue, detailing that banning words which are not considered hate speech is an infringement upon the 1st amendment.

    C) A state think-tank or foundation sues because the state government is providing aid (tax revenues) to a state institution that is restricting taxpayers' rights (parents' children).

    campusreform.org/?ID=6770

    "Multiple professors at Washington State University have explicitly told students their grades will suffer if they use terms such as “illegal alien,” "male," and “female,” or if they fail to “defer” to non-white students."

  • OZONE
    OZONE Member Posts: 2,510
    edited August 2015
    HFNY said:

    I see a lawsuit coming:

    A) Students who unintentionally (or intentionally) fail to follow these professors' arbitrary rules receive lesser grades than they could've and they / parents are pissed so they sue.

    B) Freedom of speech advocates sue, detailing that banning words which are not considered hate speech is an infringement upon the 1st amendment.

    C) A state think-tank or foundation sues because the state government is providing aid (tax revenues) to a state institution that is restricting taxpayers' rights (parents' children).

    campusreform.org/?ID=6770

    "Multiple professors at Washington State University have explicitly told students their grades will suffer if they use terms such as “illegal alien,” "male," and “female,” or if they fail to “defer” to non-white students."

    I doubt it. If a student signs of up for a gender studies course, they will be expected demonstrate that they understand the material -- and part of the material taught in a gender studies class is how the English language could be gender neutral.

    Your idea would be similar to a guy signing up for a French class and crying that he can't answer the questions in English.

    If students don't want to learn French, don't take a French class.

    If they don't want to learn the current thought in gender studies, then don't take a gender studies course.