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I am increasingly skeptical that DEI programs in colleges actually increases Diversity, Equity or Inclusion - it often seems to play out as an increasingly toke
by Aloha 3y ago
I am increasingly skeptical that DEI programs in colleges actually increases Diversity, Equity or Inclusion - it often seems to play out as an increasingly tokenistic set of measures that make people feel good, over meaningful improvements in improving equity, and cross-cultural/cross-racial understanding and growth.
While I cannot speak to this case (and I'm somewhat skeptical being that its published in the form on a WSJ op-ed), I do think that in general terms the DEI Raj on campuses is just another way to increase the power of the administration over the faculty and raise the cost of a college education yet further.
As someone who is generally left, I'm used to the scolds being on the right, now they seem to be in my tent too, and I'm a bit flummoxed on how to make them either moderate or leave - overt actions to do so are often met with a virtual firing squad of people who I otherwise agree with 75-80%.
In the end, I think the new racialism (racial discrimination is at the root of all problems) distracts from the larger problem of poverty, which is so intertwined with racism that you cant begin to tackle the unsolved problems racism without making substantial progress on solving poverty first.
- local_crmdgeon 3y agoDEI programs serve to further the demand for DEI administrators. Per the Iron Law of Institutions, that's all it needs to do for the programs to grow wildly.
- 908B64B197 3y ago> I am increasingly skeptical that DEI programs in colleges actually increases Diversity, Equity or Inclusion I'm starting to think there's more harm than good with DEI programs. It creates two categories of students (and grads) when looking at hiring: people you know are there on merit and people who maybe got a little bit of help from "the quota". I've heard it (in engineering only meetings) "you know this guy is solid, he went to X and he's Asian so you know he's there for the right reasons". And the thing is, you can't really argue with that logic. Something I have to wonder is are women and minorities... ok with this? US tax payers have voted against these practices often in the past. But elsewhere like in Canada it's now law that research grants have a racial and gender quota. Government will deny you funding if there are too many white male investigators, no matter how good the research is.
- starkd 3y agoPerhaps that 20-25% portion that you disagree with them on is actually a lot larger than you think. These differences of opinion are not exactly minor. They are fundamental to the other 75-80%!