Summary
New College of Florida has reinstated a controversial course on “wokeness,” led by British media personality Andrew Doyle, amid criticism over its one-sided portrayal of “wokeness” as a cult.
The course’s reading list includes Doyle’s own books and works by rightwing figures like Christopher Rufo, who has claimed that antiracist government policies would bring about “an end to the constitutional order.”
The college, under Governor Ron DeSantis’s influence, is undergoing a conservative transformation that has sparked backlash from students and staff, who report discomfort with the new administration’s ideological agenda.
The course’s reinstatement reflects the college’s shift toward rightwing educational reforms.
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"Woke"just means logic- and fact-based now. So it’s as much a “cult” as scientists were called a “cult” by religions in the past.
I guess that makes your comment woke.
Who are the kids they expect to sign up for these classes?
to the right, all education is “wokeness” when it represents a sincere effort to understand reality.
Ah yes, kindness, compassion, and empathy being considered “wokeness”. Can’t have that. Much better to have hate, disgust, and cruelty.
Unironically yes. They just call those things “traditional family values.”
led by British media personality Andrew Doyle
The course’s reading list includes Doyle’s own books
So this is just state-sanctioned propaganda from some random guy
Maybe they should pay the crazy dude in the street corner who’s shouting about the end of the world to give a course as well
I wonder if Doyle is even going to give an actual definition of the term ‘woke’
So he’s basically a real-life Gilderoy Lockheart, teaching Defense Against the Woke Arts.
Oh hey look more forced conservative propaganda.
We’re at about 1933. Hitler is about to consolidate power, surround himself with only the most loyal, and purge the military of anyone outside of the ideology.
The propaganda machine will need to expand rapidly to support that effort.
When do the generals start plotting an assassination? I’m not calling for one, I’m just wondering where that is on the timeline.
You know, it is kind of interesting (and I know this wasn’t the point of your comment). Most of them were not by generals, but assassination attempts on Hitler numbered more than 40, and the first one was the year before he took national office.
The first by a known perpetrator was from Bavarian politician Ludwig Aßner, who sent Hitler a poisoned letter in 1933.
That’s super interesting! And the point of my comment was actually to find out interesting things so yeah, your reply was totally in the spirit of things.
Isn’t state controlled re-education another one of these big bad things that only evil commies do according to these knuckle-draggers?
Imagine the cinemas we’d have if this lot were running the show after a life of everything they do being projection
When my brother went to New College, it was an extremely progressive school with non-standard ideas. He is neurodivergent, so being able to structure his college education was really helpful to him and his degree got him into a standard graduate school program at a Big 10 university. He now has an MFA.
All of that has been crapped away by DeSantis for the sake of his ideology.
A dear friend of mine went there as well. He was the first trans person I knew, almost 20 years ago now, and I know he loved New College and the support he got through his transition there.
As hard as it is to see this for me, I expect it’s heartbreaking for him, and that makes me sad.
“British media personality”. Until 5 seconds ago, I had forgotten the pointless prick existed.
I had to look him up. Seemingly,he’s a cheap ham mannequin in a bad suit, and using the word “personality” in connection with him is really stretching it past the point of credibility
Might be worthwhile to take the course for the ability to go into class and just call out ‘No it’s not, dumbass’ etc every day. I’ve taught undergrad, you can harass, annoy, and physically threaten a professor and you still won’t be kicked out of a course in a public university. You might even get extra privileges like make up exams for grades you disagree with.
