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Butler University hit with backlash over “Trump resistance” course

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana college is facing backlash over a course on Donald Trump that describes the president in class materials as a purveyor of “sexism, white supremacy” and “xenophobia.”

Butler University officials are doing damage control after conservative news outlets picked up on that description. Course materials also indicated students would discuss and “potentially engage” in “strategies for resistance” to Trump.

Butler’s College Republicans say it’s another example of a left-wing bias in academia.

Butler has edited the course description to remove some of the incendiary terms. But school officials stand by offering it next fall.

They say the school fosters an environment where “critical inquiry and engagement on controversial and unpopular topics” is encouraged.

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2 comments

Yeah, right May 9, 2017 at 2:03 pm

So, I’m sure they had a class saying how Obama was a racist, illegal alien, and communist. That would indicate how ‘fair’ the current course is. I’m sure they did…

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