Lots to hate in this article. But the idea that the administration is attacking sociology because we are too woke is kinda silly when they are cutting NASA, vaccines, and climate science. This is what authoritarians do, Stop blaming the victim because you’re mad about your colleagues’ research.
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Daniel Drezner
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
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Citations:
"would-be authoritarians and one-party states centrally target universities with the aim of restricting dissent"
https://portside.org/2024-09-06/why-fascists-hate-universities
How the Far-Right Uses Educational Takeover to Impose Its Agenda https://lithub.com/how-the-far-right-uses-educational-takeover-to-impose-its-agenda/
Yrs of people saying “Do NOT let your children study history or sociology we need more scientists and engineers”
When now we are making sure we have less scientists and engineers 🤦🏾♂️
What I see is mostly just the same old combination of inequality studies and the occasional ethnography.
I’m hoping I’ve missed something.
People are making this exact same argument about USAID (should have focused on their core mission) when cancer research is being cut.