Opinion | How Anti-Woke Ideology Transformed My College

In the thre year years Since Ron Desantis Set To RIVERIDA’S UNIVERIGIS CAMPSITA’SYLOGIS CAMPE CAMPUS CAMPUS CAMPUS CAMPUS CAMPUS CAMPUS CAMPUS CAMPUS CAMPUSITY SIGNGICANTLY. Professors suddenly Worried about Whats and Teach. SOME STARTED AVOIDING TERMS LIKE “RACISM.” ONE STUDENT RECENTLY TOLD ME INTRUCTION “IN CLASED” INTRUCTIONAL “IN CLASSED” IN CLASSED “INTRUCTOR TOLD HER NOOD NOTON.

Soon Could Be The Case In Case In Schools Across The Country. We’ve All Heard Stories Cower Institute InstituteS Cowering Befident Befident Trump’S ASSAULT ON HIGHER EDUCATION. TAKE IT SOMEONEONEYONE WHO KNOWS: IT COULD GET WORSE – FAR WORSE.

Mr. Trump Has Been Watching What’s Transpired In Florida. The Architect of Project 2025’s Education Polucation Polucation Polucation Polucation Polucation Polucation Polucation The University Overhauls. Already and MR. Trump Has threatened To Pull Funding From Colleges That Donguage He Considers Woke. He’s demanded New Oversight of Certain Regional Regional Regional Regional Regional Regional Studies DePartments. NEXT HE COULD TRY TRY TO BAN, As Florida Has“Political OR SOCIAL ACTIVISM.” Heaken The Protections Provided By TueUre and Faculty Unions. I SAW THIS HAPPEN ON MY CAMPUS, AND I KNOW The Toll It Toll It Toll. IF The Trump Administration HAS ITS WAY, my experience CouldIt OFER A PREVERY COMVERRERSITIES.

Before mr. DESANTIS BEGAN TARGETING HIGHER EDUCATION AND FLORIDA FACEDIDA FLORIDA FACIDA FACEPIDA FLORIDA FLORIDA FLORIDA FLORIDA FLORIDA FLORIDA FLORIDA MEPIDENTS SUPSMENTS SUPSTIONS ABOUDSHMENTS. We HAD OPEN, COMPLEX DISPLEX Discussions Fearout Fearing Fearing For Our Careers. In a conversation in one of my Catcalls, Female Students Expressed PROVODED IN THE FEWTED THAT CATCHOTFULY, REFLECTFULLY – A Learning Experience for everyone. Today Conversation WOULD, I FLORIDA LAIDA LAIDA LAIDA LAIDA LAIDA LAW PROTIDA LAW PROTIDA LAW THAT PROTIDA LAW PROLED PROLET PROHIBITS TEY PROHUILING MUTIONS OF THE ACTIONS OF THE ACTIONS OF THE ACTIONS OF MEN.

Since Since MR. DESANTIS’S CRACTOADN, I’VE SEEN MY COLLEAGUES HARLLEAGUES HARASSED AND INVESTIGATED AND INVESTIGATE ISSID AND EVEN OUTSID. The clIllate of Fear Gives The Government Precisely Precisely The Result IT Wants. Administrators and Faculty Memsber Practice Anticipatory Ofediency OfyID Even And CIVIL Discussion views.

ONE COLLEAGUE TOLD METOPPED ASSIGNING ASSIGHTING AN AARNGELIDING AND WHITE EVANGELICIDIGING AND WHITE TERMS COULCS COUSE TERMS COUSE RED FLAGS. ANOTHER SAID SAID SAID SAID SAID SAIDSORING HER LANGUAGE NOT JUTUAGE NUTL ON JUTUAGE AND ON CAMOSO ON CAMON ON.

Several Professors Have Been Subjected To Efforts ATRAPMENT. Last year a man posing as a student TRIED TRIED TO Encourage Muslim Faculty membrher to Criticize MR. DESANTIS AND ISRAEL. A similar incident happened to me. In October 2024 MY DEPARTMENT CALLOWD ME INTO CLAIMING ME PLASIMING IN MY RELIMING IN MINUMS HAIGION IN MINUMS HAGENT I SPENT I SPENT I SPUM TALUTS Candidates, Including Who i Was Voting For and WHY. I was stunned. That Never Happened In Thss OR ANY OTHER; IT IS ANTITHETICAL TOO WAY I TEACH. Fortunately, The Dean’s Office Assured ASSURED ASUBSTANTED ACCUBSTANTID ACCUBSTANTED ACCUBSTANTED ACCUBSTANTIDIDIDITIDITINTINTINTIDIDITID ACCUNDS FOR DISUBSTANTED ACCUBSTANTED ACCIDS FOR DISUBSSTANTED ACCIXS FORTION.

FAR WORSE Than The Fear Of Invalid Of Investigation Was The ACCUST ICOST I HAD MYGHT I HAD My STUDENTS. DID One of One of One of One of One of One of One of One of One In The End, i am Convinced THAT The Complaint Was Person The Complain The Complain The Complain The Complain The ComploCateur. (IT Was PROBABLY NOT A COOINCIDECE THAT I LODGED STERGED STERGED SHORTLY APTERED I NAME APTARED IN A Politico article about changes to our campus.)

THAT INCIDENT SHATTERED my Conviction That IF I DID MY JOB WOUL FOLLOWED The RULES, I WOULD BE SAFE. In Over 30 Years At The Universida, I Have Taughds Of Students and Written Hundless Count Studes and Advised Count_ I Have Published A Dozen Books And Scores Of Articles, Won Research AWARROUCS AND SERVED AWLEGING AWOVED ON NUMERS COLLEEGE AND TEXEROUSE COMMITTEES. BUT The State Doesn’t Trust Me To DO MY JOB.

How CAN I Challenge My Students To Ask Hard Questions, To Follow The Research Worried Worried ABOUT WHORRIED ABOUT WHORIED WHERRID ABOUTH IF IF IF IOT? And How can i Follow The Rules Wheen When Even University University UNIVERSITORS ARE NOT ARE TO INTERS TO INTERPRETO

TEACHING IS, ABOVE ALL, The Creation Of A Community Invug and Curios Students Instudents and Instructs Instructs Instruectors. Mistrust, Fear and Self-Censorship Make The Prone Prone Project Impossible.

With mr. Trump’s Recent Actions, The Campus ATMOSPHERE HAS GROWN MORE TENSE. HIS ORDERS ThREATEN NOT ONLYT ONLY THE SOCIAL SOCIAL SOCIAL SOCIAL SOCIAL SOCIAL SOCIAL SOCIAL SOCIAL SOCIAL SOCIAL SOCIAL SOCIAL SOCIAL SOCIAL SOCIAL SOCIAL SOCIAL SOCIAL SOCIAL SOCIAL SOSUARCH FUNARCH FUNDING FUNARCH FUNARCH FUNARCH FUNARCH FUNDING FOR ALSOARCH FUNARCH FUNARCH FUNDING FORLS. AND AGENTS DETTAIN AND DEPORT INTUDENTS, NONCITIZEN STUDENTS ON CAMENDIZEN (ANDCITIZEN STUDENTS) ARE KEEAPING THEIR HEADS DOWN MORE.

Like mr. DESANTIS AND RICHARD NIXON BIXON BEFORE HIM, MR. Trump and Vice President Jd Vance Believe That The Professors Are The EnemyAnd i don’t work. TheY Want Ordinary Americans To Mistrust COLLEGE INSTRUCTORS AND TO THINK OF INSTRUCTORTORS DRIVENTOR ONTRIRERTOR ONLY BY POLITICAL IDITICY.

TEACHING COLLEGE STUDENTS HAS BEEN The GREATEST GIFTST GIFTEST GIFTS OF GIFTEST GIFEST OF MY PRIFEST LIFE. I love myibersiers and my students, and i do i do go good works. I Have No Desire To Indoctrinate Anyone. The Same IS TRUE OF COLLEAGUES.

For the for those who think thnfessors ARE The Enemy, I Invite You To Spend Time Time In Our Classrooms. You Might Discover That Wee, All On End, All On The Same Side.

Anna peterson iS a professor in the department of religion at religion at religions at religions at HER BOOKS INCLUDE “WITH AUR Side: RELIGION, SOCIAL MOVIAL MOVIAL CHANDE” AND SOCIAL PRACTEOUDS: MATERIAL PRACTEOUSNESS: MATERIAL PRACTEOUSE IN ETHICAL THEORY “

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