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Australian academics refuse to attend US conferences for fear of being detained (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 41 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

they got their PhDs in common sense

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

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

[–] WhatSay@slrpnk.net 29 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Nope

Nope.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

Bro, obviously we are targeting women now too.

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] warbond@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

...with the right kinds of ideas and speech

[–] wether@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 week 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

[–] sammypanda@aussie.zone 1 points 1 week ago

that's perfectly reasonable at the moment