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Mathematician Abigail Thompson (UC Davis) on the “diversity” loyalty oaths

Here.  I'm optimistic there will be a legal challenge to these diversity statements as unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination, the precise grounds on which the original loyalty oaths from the 1950s were finally struck down:   the state can not demand allegiance to a sectarian political creed as a condition of employment.

UPDATE:   The journal where Professor Thompson's original essay appeared has now published many letters (including some group letters) about her article.  Many, happily, support her.

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