{"id":4009,"date":"2023-02-05T22:23:50","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T03:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/thurman\/?p=4009"},"modified":"2023-02-06T13:31:33","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T18:31:33","slug":"coffee-conversation-feb-10-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/thurman\/coffee-conversation-feb-10-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Coffee &#038; Conversation: Feb. 10, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Topic: <\/strong>The Censorship of school curricula in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>This week for Coffee &amp; Conversation we&#8217;ll be discussing how some state and local officials are working to ban diversity and inclusion initiatives at universities, as well as how K-12 book bans affect higher education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt least 17 states have introduced bills containing gag orders\u00a0or taken other steps that would restrict how educators can discuss American history and current events, including pulling books off library shelves in an effort to suppress so-called \u201cdivisive concepts\u201d\u2014a shorthand affectation nearly always referring to issues about race and identity.\u201d &#8211;<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanprogress.org\/article\/book-banning-curriculum-restrictions-and-the-politicization-of-u-s-schools\/\"><em>CAP<\/em><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Suggested Readings: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2022\/02\/10\/how-k-12-book-bans-affect-higher-education\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" class=\"ContentPasted1\" data-loopstyle=\"link\"><span class=\"s2\">How K-12 Book Bans Affect Higher Education<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandforksherald.com\/news\/north-dakota\/bill-would-ban-instruction-of-divisive-topics-in-higher-education\">Bill would ban instruction of &#8216;divisive topics&#8217; in higher education<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/01\/31\/politics\/desantis-diversity-inclusion-florida-universities\/index.html?utm_term=link&amp;utm_content=2023-02-01T01%3A30%3A06&amp;utm_source=twCNN&amp;utm_medium=social\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" class=\"ContentPasted1\" data-loopstyle=\"link\"><span class=\"s2\">DeSantis proposes banning diversity and inclusion initiatives at Florida universities<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.socialsciencespace.com\/2022\/10\/the-impact-of-book-bans-on-higher-ed\/\">The Impact of Book Bans on Higher Education<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Topic: The Censorship of school curricula in the U.S. This week for Coffee &amp; Conversation we&#8217;ll be discussing how some state and local officials are working to ban diversity and inclusion initiatives at universities, as well as how K-12 book bans affect higher education. \u201cAt least 17 states have introduced bills containing gag orders\u00a0or taken [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14745,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[25],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/thurman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4009"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/thurman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/thurman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/thurman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14745"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/thurman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4009"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/thurman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4015,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/thurman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4009\/revisions\/4015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/thurman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/thurman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/thurman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}