Racial Preferences as Conspicuous Consumption
…campus signifies that the school is committed to social transformation, and it matters little what they study, accomplish or even if they graduate. As Oscar Wilde put it, “It is…
…campus signifies that the school is committed to social transformation, and it matters little what they study, accomplish or even if they graduate. As Oscar Wilde put it, “It is…
…is redefined as, say, “the pursuit of social justice,” or less grandly as “the credentialing of the workforce,” the reasons to forbid plagiarism are weakened. Maybe even abolished. But there…
…“social justice” crusade, manifested in “diversity, equity, inclusion.” This was a way of favouring people who claimed to be members of victim categories—females, BIPOC (black, indigenous, people of colour), LGBTQ2S++,…
…“social justice,” common in Latin America, is that it represses everyone’s creativity and dignity, turning them into passive wards of a failing state. This is why Milei’s stance on monetary…
…Below is a representative screen-shot from the social media channel of a Philadelphia chapter of the misleadingly named “Students for Justice in Palestine” (SJP), which is still an official student…
…Palestinian terrorists on October 7, 2023, has exposed the indefensible belief system these activists try to conceal through their appropriation of social justice jargon. Unabashedly proclaiming their support for Hamas—the…
…ableism. In the “social justice” view, only members of oppressed categories should be respected, admitted, hired, funded, and celebrated. “Social justice” means that the so-called “privileged” should be marginalized, excluded,…
…higher education is based and redistributing the power through which those principles are acted on. DEI replaces the pursuit of truth with the pursuit of “social justice,” itself a shape-shifting…
…first and foremost as a vehicle for enacting a radical, dogmatic vision for “social justice.” Then education is reduced to partisan indoctrination, things like “open inquiry,” “viewpoint diversity,” and “constructive…
…“social justice,” defined as the implementation of “diversity, equity, and inclusion.” There is no inquiry into or study of social justice; rather, social justice, and its DEI policies, is taken…
…us to free speech, is a fundamental American principle. However, for generations, thoughtful people recognized that it applied to behavior consistent with laws governing criminal behavior. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes…
…students. Again, this Jew hatred isn’t an exception; it’s consistent with the left’s general dogmas—cancel culture, social justice, critical race theory, intersectionality. You can’t extract the anti-Semitism except by eliminating…
…they directly challenge the socialist political construct that nourishes its ideology, behavior, and objectives. True free speech creates a certain social richness, and energy, that disturbs the socialist mind, and…
…activists and justice warriors, who are often louder than pro-democracy, pro-Israel voices. A recent online poll of 609 college students found that 22% sympathize with Hamas, nearly as many as…
…days? If it is teaching students that the pursuit of “social justice” and “global citizenship” are the central purpose of higher education, we are indeed out of step with the…
…was social justice tinkering. Tinkering with—it should be reiterated— the long-standing and effective culture of science at NIST. Figure 2. Separations from NIST broken down by reason for separation, Source:…
…FIRE president and chief executive officer Greg Lukianoff in emphasizing the need for institutions to support free expression. Citing Justice Learned Hand’s 1944 speech, The “Spirit of Liberty,” Lukianoff reminded…
…critical social justice and pointed out the importance of equality over equity, she was terminated from the job. Outside of academia, the American Alliance for Equal Rights is suing two…
…sometimes disclose ways to spread individualism while preserving the social fabric that sustains it. This is why I think Borges’s art offers a better way to discuss what we too…
…Commission for Community and Junior Colleges ‘released a ‘Policy on Social Justice’ in June 2021 pledging to create a ‘climate’ of ‘anti-racism’ among accredited schools.” To fight back, education reformers…
…highlights symmetries and cycles that play out at a global level. Near the middle of his text, he offers a spectacularly precise analysis of the social chaos at Athens in…
…Close Look at Leftist Mind Control”] Most of this Marxist critical theory, critical racialism, and “social justice advocacy” is purveyed through the incessant messaging that saturates various student affairs activities….
…our pursuit of social justice and anti-oppressive practice. We view this as a guiding principle for our community – using a power, race, oppression, and privilege (PROP) framework across our…
…hate is mixed into this noxious brew. [Related: “University Professors Love ‘Social Justice’ and Critical Race Theory, but Hate Israel”] The AAA has seen fit to join the BDS movement…
…calculus, and using math to achieve social justice. [More from Wenyuan Wu: “Legalizing Discrimination in California—Take Two”] Others say that these equity-focused recommendations essentially “de-mathematize” math. Brian Conrad, Stanford professor…
…the notion that a short training seminar by an outside consulting group qualifies teachers to be instructing on complex and values-laden topics such as justice, equity, or social justice.” Developing…
…this learning objective: “Students will examine notions of justice amidst difference and analyze and critique how these interact with historically and socially constructed ideas of citizenship and membership within societies,…
…solve, the many real problems of grant review, NIH seems to be responding to social-justice pressures in ways that will make things worse—less science-based and more ideological. If nothing changes,…
…and Social Justice,” stated that “Our institutions and organizations are systematically infused with White supremacist bias” and that “… we also recognize the biased forces, beliefs and values deeply embedded…
…opposition from those focused on humanity’s persistent, rebellious nature, individual and social patterns of aggressive behavior, and the claims to free will and the uniqueness of the (human) mind. AI…