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Woke Capture at the University of Tennessee

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Woke Capture at the University of Tennessee Clarion Call (10-5-22) ​​​​​​Woke Capture at the University of Tennessee

by George Leef

It's by now a commonplace story: State universities in "red" states, where most of the voters and legislators dislike progressive ideology, are being infiltrated by administrators and faculty who insist on implementing radically leftist policies and courses. Earlier this year, for example, the Martin Center published an article by Jonathan Small on the ways that "wokeness" was gaining a foothold at the University of Oklahoma.

Another state where this battle is being waged is Tennessee.

The ideological skirmishing began back in 2016, as detailed in the Tennessean. Fed up with a host of programs and policies instituted by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville's (UTK) Office of Diversity and Equity, the state legislature eliminated that office's funding.

You might think the message was clear—the representatives of the people do not want ideological zealotry in their university.

The problem is that "progressives" do not recognize any limits placed on them through democracy, property rights, or contracts. Convinced of their righteousness, they never stop trying to expand their sphere of control. In education, that means pushing their ideological beliefs and forcing out dissenters.

[N.S.: See my note at the bottom of this post.]

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