All three students are suing the University of Houston System, claiming they are being...
next year to designate the teaching of critical race theory as “good cause” for tenure revocation at public universities. Critical race theory is a decades-old academic movement that views racial discrimination as deeply embedded in social structures and the legal system.
Many of those views concern LGBTQ rights: All three students voiced discomfort acknowledging a person’s pronouns that fall outside a cisgender gender identity, and two said they felt transgender women should not be allowed to play women’s sports. One student said he felt children are best raised by heterosexual couples, according to the lawsuit.
Student A, a freshman, also said he feels affirmative action is racist. Student B stated his belief that pay disparities between men and women come down to “compensating individuals for what their work is worth.”
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