Here is an essay about academia. The author writes: "students in my political philosophy class refuse to study the works of John Stuart Mill or John Locke (or any other white thinker) because they consider them white supremacists." What does this mean? If the students "refuse to study" these writers, do they fail the course? Or is the author saying that they won't take the course? The solution is to say, on the first day of class, "If you have any problem reading the works I have assigned, then you should drop the course immediately." In other words, take the course only if you are willing to learn from the authors and me.
Academentia
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