The “but my academic freedom” argument is kinda gross here, but these external pressures for conformity with oppressive systems are exactly what academics should rally against. But we don’t, and we won’t, we’ll comply with hegemony. Because academia is white, straight, cisgender, able bodied, and bourgeois. Linked content [1].

[1] https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/03/21/australian-universities-donald-trump-china-usa-academic-freedom-antisemitism/