- A history professor in California is suing his community college over performance reviews that he claims force faculty to adopt woke progressive values in their classrooms.
- California Community Colleges amended its regulations to require faculty to espouse diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) tenets.
- The professor opposes the DEIA requirements and believes they violate his academic freedom and conscience.
- He argues that the DEIA push is a radical political project and cites an official DEIA glossary that defines terms such as antiracism and colorblindness.
- The professor's lawsuit seeks to protect academic freedom and prevent the government from forcing faculty to teach political ideologies.
‘Antiracists’ vs. Academic Freedom
A California professor sues over new DEIA performance reviews.
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