A university professor has come under fire after prohibiting her students from criticizing the Black Lives Matter movement, abortion, and same-sex marriages.
As College Fix reported, Chloe Clark, an English professor at Iowa State University, came up with a controversial syllabus in which she told her students they weren’t allowed to “choose any topic that takes at its base that one side doesn’t deserve the same basic human rights as you do.”
For example, Clark stated that “no arguments” could be made against “gay marriage, abortion, Black Lives Matter, etc.”
Under the portion labeled as ‘GIANT WARNING’, the professor also warned her students that participating in instances of othering would result in dismissal from the classroom.
“GIANT WARNING: Any instances of othering that you participate in intentionally (racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, sorophobia, transphobia, classism, mocking of mental health issues, body shaming, etc) in class are grounds for dismissal from the classroom,” the threatening part of Clark’s syllabus read.
“The same goes for any papers/projects: you cannot choose any topic that takes at its base that one side doesn’t deserve the same basic human rights as you do (ie: no arguments against gay marriage, abortion, Black Lives Matter, etc). I take this seriously.”
The screenshot of the controversial syllabus was first shared by Young America’s Foundation who slammed the professor and accused her of discriminating against conservative students.
“This blatant discrimination against conservative students, in particular those who are pro-life or oppose the Marxist BLM organization cannot stand at an institution of higher learning,” the conservative youth organization wrote.
“Warning students that any opinion the professor may disagree with could be grounds for dismissal from the classroom is a gross abuse of power.”
After the professor’s warnings have gone viral, Clark was forced to amend her syllabus to fit in with university policy.
“Moreover, the faculty member is being provided additional information regarding the First Amendment policies of the university,” the ISU stated before reassuring everyone that the university “does not take disciplinary action against students based on the content or viewpoints expressed in their speech.”
Replaced!