WSU instructors under fire for trying to ban words — including “male” and “female”
The instructors – one professor and two Ph.D. students in WSU’s Department of Critical Culture, Gender and Race Studies – outlined their policies in course syllabi.
The conservative blog Campus Reform blasted the instructors’ policies in an opinionated piece Saturday morning, prompting at least a dozen other outlets to do the same. The university responded on Monday with an emailed statement to students and staff.
“We are working with these faculty members to clarify, and in some cases modify, course policies to ensure that students’ free speech rights are recognized and protected,” the statement said. “No student will have points docked merely as a result of using terms that may be deemed offensive to some.”
Critics took issue with Selena Lester Breikks’ policy attempting to bar students from using terms such as “The Man,” “colored people,” “illegals,” “illegal aliens” and “tranny.” Breikks, who teaches the 300-level course Women and Popular Culture, also tried banning the use of “male” and “female” to describe men and women, according to the syllabus on her course website. Full story. Chad Sokul, SR
My thoughts can be summed up in two words: Good grief! Your thoughts may differ.
