"modules on race and gender ideology, and the Plato readings that may include these,"
"Your decision to bar a philosophy professor from teaching Plato is unprecedented ... You are making Texas A&M famous-but not for the right reasons,"
"First, you should learn the nature of humanity ... for in the first place there were three kinds of human being and not two as nowadays, male and female. No, there was also a third kind, a combination of both genders."
University leaders flagged or canceled at least 200 Texas A&M College of Arts and Sciences courses for gender- or race-related content as part of a system board-mandated review of all syllabi. Faculty were required to submit core-curriculum syllabi in December, and some instructors have not yet received feedback for spring courses beginning Monday. Queer filmmakers, feminist writers, and ancient Western philosophers were among the materials targeted. A philosophy professor was asked to remove Plato passages or be reassigned, and he revised his syllabus, replacing the removed material with lectures on free speech and academic freedom. The review is ongoing.
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