“Social justice” and “English supremacy” will be some of the new focuses of Boston University’s Writing Program, according to recently announced changes.

Students now must learn how writing intersects with race, class and the environment due to the new “social justice emphasis” of the program. All students must take a first-year writing requirement through the program.

The new classes include “Linguistic Justice…Who Cares?: Domestic Labor and the Commodification of Care,” “Asians Are People of Color: Exploring the Controversy and Identity Politics,” “Deconstructing Narratives: Stories of Race and Racism in American Cultural Memory” and “Writing Environmental Justice,” according to a university announcement.

[It’s not education. It’s indoctrination. And as one former English professor tells the Fix, any time you go from education to ideological indoctrination, “intellectual standards deteriorate.” That’s because intellectual standards are no longer valued, and are in fact an obstacle. — Ed]