Sean Adl-Tabatabai – Princeton University has decided to ditch its language requirement for classics majors due to ‘racism’, meaning that students will no longer need to learn Latin or ancient Greek to obtain their degree.

A Princeton Alumni Weekly article announced the curriculum changes in April. Not only was the Latin or Greek requirement banned, so was the “classics track,” an advanced concentration that asked interested majors to demonstrate an intermediate proficiency in either language.

Bigleaguepolitics.com reports: Undergraduate studies director and classics professor Josh Billings claimed that these eliminations would enrich the community’s intellectual life, give more students an opportunity to become classics majors, and, yes, address “systemic racism.” Continue reading →