They always announce these decisions in the softest possible language. The words are careful, managerial. They use phrases like streamlining, restructuring, reducing fragmentation, and enhancing collaboration just so they can gut Black-centered scholarship without ever having to admit they’re trying to kill it. But what’s really going down is a quiet choreography between compliant academics and right-wing legislatures who prefer their erasure disguised as fiscal prudence. Last week, the University of Texas at Austin announced that it would consolidate several race- and gender-focused academic departments into a broader academic unit titled “Social and Cultural Analysis.” Administrators insist the programs are not being
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