The University of Maryland’s Baltimore campus (UMB) is seeking students to work as writing consultants, with a background in “anti-racist” coursework or activism as one of the preferred qualifications for applicants, according to the school’s website.
Consultants at the university’s writing center offer assistance and feedback to other students, postdoctoral researchers, and faculty to improve research papers, resumes, cover letters, grant applications, publications, and other materials, the website states. As such, writing consultants who lean into “anti-racist” ideas may end up spreading such ideology and influencing their clients.
One of the essay questions on the job application alludes to that….