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School is not Christian in ‘a lot of ways,’ professor says
Texas Christian University Professor Aesha John was caught on camera saying the school’s nursing and health science program is “growing” its diversity, equity, and inclusion program.
“Over time, we have become even more intentional about being race-conscious,” John told an undercover reporter with watchdog group Accuracy in Media.
For example, “If a white scholar is doing research, how does that impact the findings?” she said.
The associate professor also said she deliberately tries to discuss race in her classes.
“I teach research where I can easily not talk about those things, but I make a conscious effort to talk about those things also,” the professor said.
She added that while the school is officially Christian, in practice it isn’t “in a lot of ways.”
“I think we are very progressive,” she said.
“I think Baylor has employees sign a statement about abiding by Christian values. At TCU, we do no such thing,” John said.
Despite President Donald Trump’s ban on DEI practices, John said the school has continued operating “as usual.”
Although TCU is a private university and not governed by the University of Texas System Board of Regents, it still receives federal grants and funding.
“We are still teaching what we were teaching pre-election. And we talk about gender issues and pretty much all DEI-related issues. We still offer a class on diversity and social justice,” the professor said.
Further, John said one of her colleagues uses “ungrading,” an “inclusive” method in which the professor skips traditional grading during the semester and instead meets with each student at the end to “collaboratively” agree on a final grade.
John told the AIM reporter that “students from marginalized communities do really well with that kind of ungrading approach, versus using a common yardstick for all students.”
AIM has released several other undercover videos exposing ongoing DEI practices at universities across the country.
A recent undercover video showed a gender studies employee at the University of Texas at Austin saying the state’s DEI ban “doesn’t do anything yet other than create more work,” The College Fix previously reported.
AIM President Adam Guillette told The Fix that the law itself is part of the problem.
“The Texas DEI ban isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on,” Guillette said. “DEI staffers have simply changed job titles and DEI is still being promoted in the curriculum.”
UT Austin told The Fix it “fully implemented SB17 two years ago and in accordance with the law performs annual compliance monitoring activities.”
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