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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DEI overall has had a net positive in our society. Including at UMichigan.

Better representation in classrooms and conference rooms.

Bias and inclusion training.

People more willing to have tough conversations and examine their own biases/assumptions.

Overall, there will be painful times when we are bringing everything to the surface and having these critical conversations. And there will be mistakes along the way. But overall the ship is heading in the right direction.

For UMichigan, a lower % of students feel discrimination today than they did in 2016. BUT the student representation on campus has not budged. They need to do more to make it an attractive campus for talented black students. 
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Did you actually read the article? I have no personal experience of DEI at UMichigan (nor with the author of the article, which may be biased), but from the article, it appears that faculty go see DEI counselors to find out how to tell students they are doing badly. And everybody spends tons of time doing DEI busywork (which they can't spend on research or teaching) to then be afraid to offend with anything they say (the article gives examples of formal complaints that were absurd). So they just don't say anything anymore. There are no more tough or critical conversations to be had, at least on that college campus.[/quote]

i did read it. And you’re extrapolating out that a handful of examples are the norm and that’s all that happens. No, these were examples over multiple years.

The article itself gives examples of tough conversations.

People [u]should[/u] think before they speak. The sexist professor shouldn’t make women uncomfortable because he’s working on being less sexist.

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This was exactly my point above: 
“ The article is framed as representing the campus perspective on the follies of DEI, but the reporter states an interview group of 60 people total across students, staff, faculty, and administrators. This represents 0.06% of U-M’s population of 100,000 students and employees. This would not be problematic if the interviewees were selected systematically to reflect different schools, colleges, units, positions, and roles; but they were not. As a result the analysis is very skewed and reflects a narrow perception not necessarily held by a critical mass.”
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