"More than 200 courses at Texas A&M University have been flagged or cancelled as part of a review called by the system board into course content related to race and gender, according to academics who contacted Inside Higher Education and other publications. The scope of the review has extended well beyond contemporary material. Alongside feminist writers and queer filmmakers, foundational figures in Western philosophy have been targeted."
"Philosophy professor Martin Peterson, scheduled to teach his usual course on Contemporary Moral Problems, was instructed by university leadership to remove several passages by Plato from his syllabus. In an email from department chair Kristi Sweet, Peterson was given a choice: either eliminate "modules on race and gender ideology, and the Plato readings that may include these," or else be reassigned to a different course."
More than 200 courses at Texas A&M University were flagged or cancelled during a system board review of race and gender–related course content. The review extended beyond contemporary material and targeted foundational figures in Western philosophy. Martin Peterson, due to teach Contemporary Moral Problems, was instructed to remove several Plato passages or be reassigned. An email from department chair Kristi Sweet presented the choice to eliminate "modules on race and gender ideology, and the Plato readings that may include these," or switch courses. The instruction prevented teaching Plato's Symposium. Peterson objected, ultimately revised the syllabus, and replaced the censored material with lectures on free speech and academic freedom while planning to use the incident as a case study.
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