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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And it’s all the truth. Believe every bit of it. [/quote]
Yeah, it's so "true" that no one in this thread can name the specific contrary opinions that are supposedly being reported to the DEI office.[/quote]

There was one just a few weeks ago.[b] A long standing teacher reading a very famous author who wrote some charged words in his work. Boom. Teacher turned into DEI office by the form submitted anonymously by a hs student. Forced to ritually self immolate

He read the passage out loud in a book the academic department had assigned. Yes the passage contained a word that is considered deeply offensive in 2024. The teacher even warned the class before he read it.

And yet, teacher was reported. The administrative state began its investigation. Called the teacher in. An apology was forced to be sent in writing to the entire class by the teacher. That apology was sent around the school. [/b]

This happens frequently. God forbid you say “slave” in a class about slavery instead of “enslaved person”. You know the form will be used. And the kid who said slave in proper historic context will be called in.

To be clear, there are a very small number of kids who do this. But they are around. And everyone knows them. And the entire DEI apparatus at the school serves to empower these 1-2 kids per classroom
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This is horrifying, if true.
I am a professor who is considering applying DC to GDS, and I will ask about this. This twisted McCarthyism hinders the development of intellectually competent college students. Why is GDS encouraging students to be so fragile? If GDS DEI seriously believes that teaching literature that contains uncomfortable words and ideas is "harmful" and "traumatic," the school needs to contemplate what its educational purpose actually is. 
I both pity and loathe students who come to college thinking that "justice" means refusing to be exposed to history.
What is the educational background and training of the DEI staff?[/quote]

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