Yikes, please protect me from ideas! From Sanika Nayak, “editor-in-chief” of the Daily Texan:
Inboden’s statement went on to tout a “need to expand curricular offerings in interdisciplinary programs, prepare our students for the competitive employment market and promote more viewpoint diversity on campus.” No part of the statement addressed my question about the center’s propensity to propagate harm.
The sentiments behind this institute are detrimental; they have no place on this campus and shouldn’t be supported by the University merely to add opposing viewpoints. It’s incredibly irresponsible to classify conservative values as adding to diversity — the ideas in this system are built to support cisgender white males. The notion that we need to foster debate over ideas that have historically contributed to oppression is a damaging rhetoric that the University has consciously chosen to adopt.
