The Antidote of Merit, Fairness, and Equality
…that these social justice-believing, American youngsters would be forced to grow up once they graduate, leave campus, and seek employment in the ‘real world.’ However, it now appears that the…
…that these social justice-believing, American youngsters would be forced to grow up once they graduate, leave campus, and seek employment in the ‘real world.’ However, it now appears that the…
…sacrifice and religion, what these books ponder most of all is the fleeting and misunderstood concept of justice. Put another way, these texts circle democracy’s greatest dilemma. Since we’re all…
…for team research discourages creative individuals and would increase the influence of those who value “justice” over truth. His smug opposition to merit is anti-science and should disqualify him as…
…personal information and offer videos, or even games, that rely heavily on the rhetoric of critical social justice. And for everyone else, from the state legislators to the “student affairs…
…and accessibility (DEIA) criteria in the evaluation and tenure review of all faculty members. [More from Wenyuan Wu: “Graduate Student Strikes: Reasonable Demands or Cosmic Justice?”] In 2023, the Academic…
…all their kindred who forward ideologies such as “social justice” and “community engagement,” and all the illiberal policies they enforce, are meant above all to remove from academia all critics…
…may appear, are what Thomas Sowell calls “the quest for cosmic justice.” Social justice proponents seek socially engineered outcomes that require specific, equalizing interventions to correct more than merely the…
…new college could be somewhat sheltered from the growing divisiveness of critical social justice under the guise of diversity, equity, and inclusion. The newly independent Academic Senate grounded the college…
…criminal justice. However, there is a growing body of evidence that suggests that racial disparities are caused by a number of factors, including differences in socioeconomic status, differences in family…
…death and destruction in the name of life. Mailer leaves honest readers with a sense that longing for justice is not enough to achieve it. When reading Mailer, keep in…
…and the public. [Related: “The Corruption of Science by Social Justice”] So, there we were, at our booth at the end of the first full day of the conference (March…
How social science has become social commentary It is well known that social science—psychology, sociology, and economics—has devolved into more than one hundred sub-specialties. Less well known is the result:…
…that could possibly justify a salary of, say, $125,000, travel and research funding, and ample benefits? [Related: “The Corruption of Science by Social Justice”] From the perspective of American society…
…Citation justice warriors point to such sociological causes as reasons why they need to form their own rival citation cartels for, say, blacks or homosexuals. Citation justice is, in this…
…kept objectivity and expertise front and center at all times. Without it, there is no rationality, reasoning, or even legitimate creative license (unlike “living” constitutionalism or various social justice activism…
…actually protect professors and students from social justice warriors. SJSU had adopted the Chicago Principles, yet it still retaliated against me for my views. Thus, I am currently suing the…
…their response was morally wrong. [Related: “The Corruption of Science by Social Justice”] Philosophy classes—or any liberal arts classes—at their best encourage vigorous debate and dialogue about truth claims. I…
…such as the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health have infused science with popular notions of social justice. This corrupts science, damages public trust, and puts our…
…wealth. No citations to such works are welcome in Spokane. The whole point of this “citation justice,” promises Sano-Franchini, is to “disrupt white settler logic” and “trouble [sic.] narrow conceptions…
…theory, “social justice” is now defined as the implementation of “diversity, equity, and inclusion.” But the initiatives for this did not come from the U.S. Congress or the Canadian Parliament….
…findings, published by the Manhattan Institute, are alarming. No Learning Environment is Insulated Goldberg and Kaufmann conceptualize left-wing cultural socialism as “Critical Social Justice” (CSJ) and operationalize CSJ through eight…
…his French peer. [Related: “The ‘Racial Pairing’ Fallacy”] Moreover, to quote the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, “who cares where they were born or what color skin they have?”…
…the quest to replace merit with so-called “equity.” There is, however, a more immediate psychological explanation. The energetic pursuit of social justice may be an addictive quest for euphoria—it feels…
“Key components of the [Lamat] Institute include intensive research instruction … and social justice discussions. In addition, a comprehensive mentoring professional development program is designed to encourage mentors and mentees…
…views about race, gender, racism, and social justice. Again and again, this fact is demonstrated by higher education DEI initiatives. By now, it should be obvious that diversity statements will…
…military leaders, many of them giants like Washington, Grant, and Eisenhower. Moreover, the world continues to be dominated by mass movements and dictators. Justice still involves sacrifice, and tyrannical hydras…
…Feminism also has drawn conclusions about biology and social life: social roles have no basis in biology and there are no biological differences between males and females; rather, social roles…
…the maintenance of prestige coincident with the elimination of injustice and exclusion. Elite schools want a filtering process that doesn’t look so elitist, so income-based, and so racially-biased. (The sexism…
…[Related: “Belling the DIE Cat”] Given the incompatibility between the values of liberal social justice and critical social justice, it is time for Americans to fashion similar compromises. Those of…
…topics as social justice, critical race theory, and intersectionality. Remarkably, Ohio State might be the worst offender in the nation—surpassing even such progressive bastions as the University of California, Berkeley….