Abstract

In the wake of the social justice movements experienced across the nation, a coordinated legislative campaign has been initiated to limit how topics related to race, racism, and gender can be discussed, taught, and researched within primary, secondary, and post-secondary education. Not only do these efforts reflect a serious attack on academic freedom, they threaten the principles of our democracy. In this address, I present a summary of the most recent legislative proposals introduced at the state and federal levels, and discuss the impact they have begun to have on faculty’s ability to teach and to conduct research, as well as on university budgets. To counter this assault, I call for a collective response from faculty, students, administrators, and professional associations.

摘要

在全国范围内经历社会正义运动之后，已经发起了一项协调一致的立法运动，以限制如何在小学、中学和中学后教育中讨论、教授和研究与种族、种族主义和性别相关的话题. 这些努力不仅反映了对学术自由的严重攻击，而且威胁到我们的民主原则。在这篇演讲中，我总结了州和联邦层面提出的最新立法提案，并讨论了它们已经开始对教师的教学和研究能力以及大学预算产生的影响。为了应对这种攻击，我呼吁教师、学生、管理人员和专业协会共同做出回应。