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Massachusetts students and staff urged to rat out those who tell rude jokes or engage in 'microaggressions.' Nicole Neily, founder of Parents Defending Education, pushes back. A group of professors and employees from the University of Oklahoma held a workshop in which they discussed – among other things – ways to promote "anti-racism" in the classroom and root out, what they deemed, "problematic" ideas.  The "Anti-Racist Rhetoric and Pedagogies" workshop featured speakers from OU’s "First-Year Composition" program, which helps students develop their writing and speaking skills.  ...

University of Oklahoma's Anti-Racist Workshop Training Violates Free Speech, Nonprofit Says On 6/23/21 at 8:04 PM EDT A recent workshop put on by University of Oklahoma instructors about anti-racism raises a red flag about the state of free expression and potential indoctrination inside the classrooms of the states flagship university, a nonprofit organization focused on freedom in education says. In a seminar entitled "Anti-Racist Rhetoric & Pedagogies," three faculty members presented slides on "systemic racism" and addressed promoting anti-racist environments in the classroom. They also sp...