Documenting the Trump War on Science: The Muslim and refugee ban is a terrible idea [Confessions of a Science Librarian]


US president Donald Trump’s Executive Order 13769, Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States, is a terrible idea for many different reasons and has been widely condemned. Banning people due to their refugee status, religion or national origin has no place in a civilized society. while it has been overturned in court, it appears that Trump is going to try again with a new Order.

The purpose of this post isn’t to go into the details of the Executive order or to analyse the myriad reasons why it’s a terrible idea, but rather to share a detailed cross section of commentary and analysis as to why the ban is a terrible idea for the United States’ scientific culture and practice in particular. The main reason is that it curtails the free flow of people and ideas in general and affects the individual lives of many innocent scientists at all career levels.

Below is a selection of readings, in no particular order. While this list isn’t meant to be comprehensive, if I’ve missed something important either in terms of whole issues or particular items, please let me know in the comments or at dupuisj at gmail dot com.

General Commentary

 

Individual Stories & Other Impacts

 

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US president Donald Trump’s Executive Order 13769, Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States, is a terrible idea for many different reasons and has been widely condemned. Banning people due to their refugee status, religion or national origin has no place in a civilized society. while it has been overturned in court, it appears that Trump is going to try again with a new Order.

The purpose of this post isn’t to go into the details of the Executive order or to analyse the myriad reasons why it’s a terrible idea, but rather to share a detailed cross section of commentary and analysis as to why the ban is a terrible idea for the United States’ scientific culture and practice in particular. The main reason is that it curtails the free flow of people and ideas in general and affects the individual lives of many innocent scientists at all career levels.

Below is a selection of readings, in no particular order. While this list isn’t meant to be comprehensive, if I’ve missed something important either in terms of whole issues or particular items, please let me know in the comments or at dupuisj at gmail dot com.

General Commentary

 

Individual Stories & Other Impacts

 

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Previous Donald Trump War on Science Related Posts

The posts are all tagged here.



from ScienceBlogs http://ift.tt/2lKbsTw

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