Move is to comply with state law passed by Governor Ron DeSantis that prohibits public funding of DEI programs
Archived version: https://archive.ph/2NkY3
Move is to comply with state law passed by Governor Ron DeSantis that prohibits public funding of DEI programs
Archived version: https://archive.ph/2NkY3
Guess we don’t fix racism with more racism. Meritocracy FTW. It is already illegal to discriminate by race, Federally. Smart people can come from any race.
If I am reading the source right, it is not stopping people from applying for jobs. It is getting rid of DEI departments. Which could or likely have white hires, too.
In Harvard, they were making up lies about Asian applicants and their characters in order to prop up black student’s lower scores via personality traits, which was well, DEI in action. This part did not make the news much.
This was found in the court case through discovery, everyone should read it. It was wild, and seemingly the main reason and drive why Affirmative Action was cancelled and overturned.
Road to hell paved with good intentions and all that jazz.
The sad part is, people here seem to not agree with that, instead supporting what essentially is racism and prefferrential treatment.
It’s not about preferential treatment. Because if it was preferential treatment, well, white folks have had that for centuries.
It’s about leveling things up. Yes, smart people come from all backgrounds. But if that smart person has a cognitive burden of worrying about basic stuff that other smart people don’t have too, he/she will be at disadvantage when seeking opportunities to advance.
I’m not saying I’m an expert, and that you’re totally wrong and I’m totally right. It’s just that the topic is not that simple as black and white (heh.)
It is that simple. In the other comment you made, I brought up Europe as an example on how to do things right. You are trying to argue semantics, when the thing is very simple. You don’t call it prefferential treatment, you try to make it sound better to the reader, when it is exactly that. Prefferring candidates that are of a specific background, decided by people arbitrairly choosing the amount of leeway someone gets, or who those people are. It’s downright immoral.
If I would complain, that my company failed when making a product because I went bankrupt, and then pointed a finger at a millionaire, saying “give me this contract instead of him because I come from a poorer upbringing”, I would be laughed at everywhere. And this is exactly what this is.
Europe is not some utopia in which discrimination does not exist and everyone is equal.
But it is better than the US when it comes to giving someone an advantage based on race or gender.
In which contexts? Because I’m sorry, you seem to be against affirmative action, and affirmative action definitely gives more advantages to minorities in the U.S. than Europe, which has none of that.
You’re now contradicting yourself. Is preferential treatment the problem or not? (and it’s spelled preferential with one f.)
So clearly you’re talking about something else. Please elaborate, if you’d like.
Stop lying, you know full well that’s not what’s happening
Just read the comments. It’s full of people arguing that universities should preffer people based on their race.