Univ of Alabama suspends two student-run magazines - Alice & 1956 - due to Trump's DEI guidance

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m proud of the alumni at both Alabama and OU who are pushing back against this censorship and faux outrage, standing up for free speech and the value of education.

+1

These assaults on free speech must be condemned. The government has no business ordering universities to shutter student publications because they disagree with the content. That is a complete violation of the First Amendment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Holy snowflakes. If you cant tolerate reading student magazines about black issues and women's issues, I guess Alabama is a good choice for your snowflake self.

They don't even have to tolerate reading the magazines. They just have to tolerate them existing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Repealing DEI is going to hurt males applying to competitive colleges the most. They were among the biggest beneficiaries of DEI as schools looked to keep gender ratios of students relatively balanced in the interest of having diversity. On the merits, we may see these schools become more female because boys today just aren’t very smart.

But the real issue is repealing DEI is hurting everyone - except these Asians, who are taking over the top universities; particularly HYPSM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else think it’s weird that this administration is obsessed with supposedly protecting women’s sports and women’s bathrooms but are shutting down a women’s magazine?

Maybe they should rename the magazine Pat and then have articles about makeup for both sexes and about how masculinity culture hurts men in fields like childcare, as well as how misogyny hurts women in heavy metal. Would that be better?

Exactly. Also, in their anti- DEI efforts, they continually carve out for Jewish students because they are using anti-Semitism as a vehicle to oppress others and will eventually reveal that they are the biggest proponents of anti-Semitism. It's easy to demonize an acronym, but we should keep breaking down DEI to diversity, equity and inclusion. All good things!