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Australian academics refuse to attend US conferences for fear of being detained (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

they got their PhDs in common sense

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Cmon, guys you will be fine as long as you're really really white.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nope

Nope.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Bro, obviously we are targeting women now too.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Only if you are white enough to blend in with the walls

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

...with the right kinds of ideas and speech

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

I'm a graduate student in Canada and my whole university is advising against accepting positions in the US or traveling there. Seems like this is going to be the new normal

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

that's perfectly reasonable at the moment