Birmingham City University, a veritable bastion of progressive thought, is apparently slamming the brakes on its Black studies MA program. Yes, that Black studies program – the one that promised to decolonize your mind and redistribute white guilt. Turns out, barely anyone signed up. Like, eight people. You could hold a more lively seance.

According to the university (or, as it's known in lefty circles, The Oppressor), the program is being chopped due to “low recruitment.” Right. Because who needs to study Black studies when you can just virtue signal on Twitter? It’s almost like reality is starting to bite.

Of course, the usual suspects are screaming about “erasure” and “systemic racism.” Professor Kehinde Andrews, a leading light in the field and apparently on the verge of being redundant, is predictably leading the charge. He claims the university didn’t even bother with an “equality impact assessment.” Oh noes! Someone call the Woke Police!

Andrews is pulling the classic “financial crisis disproportionately affects Black scholarship” card. It’s the same song and dance: anytime a woke initiative gets the axe, it’s never because it’s a bad idea or financially unsustainable. It’s always racism. Always.

He even dragged in Professor Hakim Adi, who got the boot from the University of Chichester in 2023. Apparently, cutting his MRes on African history is “a worrying trend.” Maybe it's a trend of universities waking up to the fact that they're hemorrhaging money on niche programs that nobody actually wants to study?

Never mind that actual STEM fields are struggling for funding. Who needs engineers when you can have more grievance studies? It's all about priorities, baby!

But hey, at least the closure has triggered the outrage brigade. Journalist Yomi Adegoke, artist Akala, and Labour MP Marsha de Cordova are all clutching their pearls and signing open letters. Because nothing says “effective activism” like a strongly worded letter to the university board.

A university spokesperson (probably bracing for a social media mob) claimed they're “exploring opportunities for alternative provision.” Translation: they'll find another way to appease the woke gods.

So, is this the beginning of the end for the woke industrial complex? Probably not. But it's a small victory nonetheless. Maybe, just maybe, universities are starting to realize that catering to the fringes isn’t a sustainable business model. And maybe, just maybe, people are starting to see through the BS.