Imagine a world wherein Muslim students don’t want to take a class from an atheist who is critical of Islam. Islam is an identity and criticisms of it are offensive to those who identify as such. The teacher is an Islamophobe. He makes Muslims feel unsafe. The university needs to train faculty to affirm Islamic beliefs. Students should not be required to take a class from an Islamophobe. The teacher should only teach non-required classes.
Now imagine that a fundamentalist Christian student learns his teacher is a Darwinist. The teacher believes men and women are evolved creatures. He doesn’t subscribe to creationist ideology—to intelligent design. He’s a Christophobe. He makes the student feel unsafe. How can the university allow a man who believe in natural historical explanations teach required classes? Students should not be required to take a class from a Christophobe. The teacher should only teach non-required classes.
The second example is difficult to imagine given the anti-Christian bias in today’s academy. Indeed, it sounds like a ridiculous example. But the first example is not that hard to imagine. In fact, it has already happened.
There are other examples like the first one that could be made that are even easier to imagine. You’ve already thought of one of them.
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