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Ep. 152 Banning critical race theory

So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast

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Academic Freedom and Critical Race Theory in Higher Education

Max Yasgur: I don't see how attacking the legal concepts or the principle of academic freedom actually achieves any success for conservatives concerned about critical race theory. He says that if universities don't commit to being one thing, they can be another thing and it just puts them in the position of a culture war right to speak. The guardrail of academic freedom would not be to the broader conservative benefit, as youe pointed out, is part of the reason why even bringing up this question is something that's, frankly, better reserved for a podcast such as this than for, you know, twitter battles back and forth in the political realm. But when i compare that to the harm that's created

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