{"id":21019,"date":"2024-08-29T00:14:47","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T07:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=21019"},"modified":"2024-08-29T00:14:47","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T07:14:47","slug":"quick-takes-brought-to-you-by-modern-academia-historical-ignorance-structurally-racist-healthcare-330k-for-violating-free-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2024\/08\/29\/quick-takes-brought-to-you-by-modern-academia-historical-ignorance-structurally-racist-healthcare-330k-for-violating-free-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Takes \u2014 Brought To You By Modern Academia: Historical Ignorance; Structurally Racist Healthcare; $330K For Violating Free Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Another &#8220;quick takes&#8221; on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The focus this time: Ignorance is strength and tuition for fines<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;First, a little mood music:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R4GLAKEjU4w?si=aGeAMCVulyAx6B7D\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Carrying on\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3371\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Marx_Graduation.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Marx_Graduation.jpg 550w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Marx_Graduation-300x183.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All that tuition money and student loans\u2026 and nothing but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.campusreform.org\/article\/new-survey-claims-show-lack-knowledge-american-history-civics-among-college-students\/25940\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ignorance<\/a> to show for it.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cA recent survey found that many college students graduate from their schools \u2018without even a rudimentary grasp of America\u2019s history and political system,\u2019 reinforcing concerns that colleges have been ineffective at giving students education with real academic value.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe survey, published on July 8, was conducted by College Pulse, an analytics company focused on college students. The survey was released by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA), an independent, nonprofit organization committed to academic freedom.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201c\u2018The dismal results of our survey show that current students and recent college graduates have little idea of the American past or its core principles and values, no guide to take them through the roiling controversies facing us today or to enable them to defend and protect the free institutions that are the glory of our nation and an inspiration to the world,\u2019 ACTA President Michael Poliakoff remarked.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cCollege graduates \u2018cannot uphold what they do not comprehend,\u2019 Poliakoff concluded.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5371\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"37\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line.gif 500w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line-300x22.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more-->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Medical students at the University of California, Los Angeles are learning about the greatest health threat\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/www.campusreform.org\/article\/ucla-medical-school-hired-students-write-course-curriculum-emphasizing-structural-racism-health-equity\/26149\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">structural racism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe University of California, Los Angeles Medical School hired students to write the curriculum for the school\u2019s required Structural Racism and Health Equity (SRHE) courses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cA June 2023 document that was obtained by Do No Harm, a medical and policy advocacy group, showed that UCLA\u2019s medical school was seeking to recruit first and second year medical students to develop a curriculum associated with liberal ideas such as critical race theory.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe SRHE curriculum \u2018emphasizes critical race theory, queer theory\u2019 and \u2018diversity, equity, and inclusion ideology.\u2019 The university\u2019s SRHE course guide directly states: \u2018The first section of the year will focus on \u2026 how structural determinants of health such as race shape our present healthcare framework.\u2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe document outlined that in order to apply, applicants must have a letter of support from a peer outlining their commitment to anti-racist work.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5371\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"37\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line.gif 500w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line-300x22.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;But where is all that money going? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.campusreform.org\/article\/ca-community-college-pays-330k-settlement-conservative-students\/26069\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oh<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cA California community college will be paying out $330,000 as part of a settlement for seemingly restricting conservative students\u2019 free speech on campus.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIn a complaint filed by the Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) chapter at Clovis Community College in Fresno, California and the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), the college was accused of violating students\u2019 First Amendment rights.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cSpecifically, the complaint lists how in November 2021, YAF members at the college gained permission to post anti-communist flyers, \u2018Freedom Week Flyers,\u2019 to bulletin boards on campus. However, Clovis Community College President Dr. Lori Bennett \u2018directed other administrators to take down the Freedom Week Flyers\u2019 and told other administrators that if they are asked for a reason for taking them down then they can \u2018let [the students] know that [Vice President of Student Services] Marco [De La Garza] and I agreed they aren\u2019t club announcements.\u2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe flyers were taken down from \u2018highly trafficked bulletin boards inside campus buildings,\u2019 and students were informed they were allowed to only post flyers onto a \u2018Free Speech Kiosk\u2019 on the outskirts of the campus that students \u2018never use.\u2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe school also has a \u2018Poster\/Flyer Instructions\u2019 policy that prohibits flyers with inappropriate language that the administrators utilized to take down the materials. The plaintiffs, however, listed four reasons for why the policy was unconstitutional, such as that it \u2018fails to define or provide any objective standards as constitutes \u201cinappropriate or offens[ive] language or themes.\u201d\u2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cA federal court found that the school was in violation of free speech rights on campus, and ordered the college to pay out $330,000 in damages and legal fees to the plaintiffs, in addition to adopting new protective policies for free speech and staff training.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;TTFN.<\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"twitter:card\" align=\"center\" content=\"summary\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatBlog\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalHat\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Brought To You By Modern Academia: Historical Ignorance; Structurally Racist Healthcare; $330K For Violating Free Speech \"\/><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The focus this time: Ignorance is strength and tuition for fines.\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Marx_Graduation.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Another &#8220;quick takes&#8221; on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The focus this time: Ignorance is strength and tuition for fines &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;First, a little mood &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2024\/08\/29\/quick-takes-brought-to-you-by-modern-academia-historical-ignorance-structurally-racist-healthcare-330k-for-violating-free-speech\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,8,17],"tags":[19,77,25,48,34],"class_list":["post-21019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-healthcare","category-progressives","tag-communism","tag-derp","tag-higher-ed","tag-social-justice","tag-yaf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21019"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21036,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21019\/revisions\/21036"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}