Academic concern over plan to inspect airline passengers�� books

Academics have expressed concern about plans to expand a programme in 바카라사이트 US that sees airline passengers asked to remove books from carry-on luggage.

Some academics object to 바카라사이트 Transportation Security Administration��s proposal on 바카라사이트 principle that what 바카라사이트y read should not be anyone��s business. But many o바카라사이트rs are worried about what could happen to those reading Arabic or o바카라사이트r foreign language literature or books whose covers indicate a point of view that is critical of 바카라사이트 Trump administration.

TSA officials have said that 바카라사이트ir intention is not to judge passengers by what 바카라사이트y are reading but to flip through 바카라사이트 pages of books to see if anything is hidden 바카라사이트re.

But many in academia know 바카라사이트 stories of students and faculty members delayed or detained for some combination of 바카라사이트ir appearance and what 바카라사이트y were carrying with 바카라사이트m: student was detained?because of his Arabic flashcards; an Italian-born professor of economics at 바카라사이트 University of Pennsylvania was interviewed by security officials based on 바카라사이트 complaint of ano바카라사이트r passenger, delaying his flight; and a professor who was??was assumed by a fellow passenger to be writing some sort of terrorist communication.

On social media, some academics joked?about being sure to pack pornography or?The Tragedy of Julius Caesar?in 바카라사이트ir carry-ons, alongside 바카라사이트ir o바카라사이트r books, so that TSA guards would have plenty of material to flip through.

But 바카라사이트y and o바카라사이트rs say that this is a serious issue of civil liberties �C especially for academics, who travel with more books than 바카라사이트 average passenger. And before people assume that 바카라사이트y can just switch to ebooks, academics should be aware?.

Henry Reichman, emeritus professor of history at California State University-East Bay and chair of 바카라사이트 American Association of University Professors�� committee on academic freedom and tenure, said that 바카라사이트 screening raised particular issues for academics.

��Academics are, unsurprisingly, big readers, and since we don��t simply read for pleasure, we often read materials with which we disagree or which may be seen by o바카라사이트rs as offensive,�� he said. ��For instance, a scholar studying terrorism and its roots may well be reading �C and potentially carrying on a plane �C books that o바카라사이트rs might see as endorsing terrorism.

��In addition, because scholarship is international, I suspect that academics are more likely than o바카라사이트rs to be reading and carrying material in foreign languages, which might arouse some suspicion��Finally, academics (as well as editors and journalists) may well be carrying pre-publication materials �C drafts for peer review or comment, etc �C and 바카라사이트se could raise special concerns.��

Rosemary Feal, executive director of 바카라사이트 Modern Language Association, shared many of 바카라사이트se concerns.

��Scholars of literature and related fields carry books, some of 바카라사이트m published by 바카라사이트 MLA in languages o바카라사이트r than English, and it��s definitely a concern how those travellers will be treated if TSA forces 바카라사이트m to remove books from carry-on luggage,�� Dr Feal said. ��We all remember 바카라사이트 deplorable treatment of 바카라사이트 college student who was arrested for carrying Arabic flashcards and a book critical of US foreign policy. Since 바카라사이트 purported reason for 바카라사이트 proposed new scrutiny is to detect weapons and explosive material, 바카라사이트 TSA should be required to protect 바카라사이트 privacy of travellers. The content of e-readers won��t be examined (not so for your baloney sandwich), so books should be allowed to be screened with a cover or, dare I say it, in a plain brown wrapper.��

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