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Cornell donor demands president step down, citing 'toxic' diversity policies
- PaulHoule 3y agoTen years ago conservatives would point out failures of DEI, like how it took Ithaca five years to hire a police chief with numerous misadventures such as finding the one Asian guy who couldn't pass standardized tests. Today they just say "DEI" and expect you to get red in the face like they've been "animalized" in the sense of https://www.amazon.com/Otaku-Database-Animals-Hiroki-Azuma/dp/0816653526 https://www.amazon.com/Otaku-Database-Animals-Hiroki-Azuma/d...
- cratermoon 3y agoI wonder if Christopher Rufo is advising the donor.
- msie 3y agoThey should ignore him. One person should not have the power to dictate anything. Healthy debate is good but one person who's gotten the "anti-DEI bug" from conservative media should not have so much sway. Cornell hosted Ann Coulter in 2022 despite protests of her islamophobia. How about that?
- PaulHoule 3y agoAlso Martha Pollack has frequently denounced "cancel culture", trigger warnings and stuff like that.
- msie 3y agoI wonder what anti-semitism he is referring to. Protesting the bombings is not anti-semitism.
- PaulHoule 3y agoThere was an Asian student who made a death threat over the Gaza-Israel conflict and got punished. Nothing more to see here, move on.