If you thought your tax and tuition dollars were already being wasted on useless classes in gender studies and woke activism, Texas universities are taking it a step further. Texas Scorecard recently reported on Texas Tech offering a course this fall called "Witches, Bruxas, & Black Magic." The course description calls it "the study of beliefs and practices, past and present, associated with magic, witchcraft, spirituality, magic realism, and religion."
When word of the course got out, the witching hour arrived. "There was a lot of backlash from alumni and other folks connected with the university, and within days they reversed the move and they canceled the class," says Brandon Waltens, managing editor for Texas Scorecard.
As Texas Scorecard noted, this wasn't the only example of witchcraft brewing at a public university in the Lone Star State. "Texas Tech is no longer offering this course, and yet you have the University of North Texas and the University of Texas-Austin that offer very similar classes," says Waltens.
The UNT course is called "Supernatural-Magic, Withcraft, and Religion," while the UT-Austin course (listed under the history department) is "History of Witchcraft."
All of these courses raise questions about how Texas public universities are using taxpayer dollars to "educate" students. Even after the legislature banned so-called Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs and Critical Race Theory, schools like Texas A&M are already finding ways around those restrictions.
Waltens believes the Texas Tech case is an example of how parents, alumni, and taxpayers can affect change if they stay vigilant to what is happening on campus. "Remember, these are taxpayer-funded institutions that are overseen by the state legislature, and taxpayers deserve a say in what happens in these institutions, especially when we subsidize them," he says.
"We need to create guard rails to make sure we don't have some of the crazy curriculum, DEI policies, CRT, etcetera, and to make sure all of this stuff is not poisoning Texas public schools."
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