Indiana’s Butler University is toning down the rhetoric surrounding an anti-Donald Trump course being offered to students this fall.
Students now have the option to sign up for a “Special Topics” class titled “Trumpism & U.S. Democracy.” An initial course description charged the president with “perpetuating sexism, white supremacy, xenophobia, nationalism, nativism, and imperialism.”
“This course explores why and how this happened, how Trump’s rhetoric is contrary to the foundation of the U.S. democracy, and what his win means for the future,” read the first description on Butler’s website. The course also promised to “discuss, and potentially engage in, strategies for resistance.”
But by Friday the description of the class, slated to run from August until December, had been moderated significantly.
“The course will provide context and depth for student citizens as we look to historical and current texts by renowned authors as well as read excerpts from Trump's own ‘The Art of the Deal,’ ” the new description read. “Students will potentially attend, as participant observers, campus and community events to witness ongoing responses to Trump's presidency and campaign.”
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/05/05/butler-university-tones-down-anti-trump-course-description.html
Students now have the option to sign up for a “Special Topics” class titled “Trumpism & U.S. Democracy.” An initial course description charged the president with “perpetuating sexism, white supremacy, xenophobia, nationalism, nativism, and imperialism.”
“This course explores why and how this happened, how Trump’s rhetoric is contrary to the foundation of the U.S. democracy, and what his win means for the future,” read the first description on Butler’s website. The course also promised to “discuss, and potentially engage in, strategies for resistance.”
But by Friday the description of the class, slated to run from August until December, had been moderated significantly.
“The course will provide context and depth for student citizens as we look to historical and current texts by renowned authors as well as read excerpts from Trump's own ‘The Art of the Deal,’ ” the new description read. “Students will potentially attend, as participant observers, campus and community events to witness ongoing responses to Trump's presidency and campaign.”
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/05/05/butler-university-tones-down-anti-trump-course-description.html
