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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow. This is a must-read.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/16/magazine/dei-university-michigan.html?ogrp=ctr&unlocked_article_code=1.Sk4.khuL.zeH0cPySU9KZ&smid=url-share

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[i]“The fear is creating a hesitancy to teach what we would normally teach,” she said. [u]Some of her accusers were [b]white[/b][/u] women, she recalled. It echoed an observation I heard repeatedly from faculty at Michigan: The most strident critics were sometimes not the most marginalized students, but peers who claimed to be fighting on their behalf.[/i]

This is the biggest problem in these racial debates. White people are the loudest virtue signalers and they need to take a supportive, secondary role instead of always claiming to be expert Karens because they had a vicarious epiphany after being forced to read an ethnic book in English class. They dilute the argument and their apologist zeal hurts any hope for honest dialogue. [/quote]

White people caused the extreme inequalities and injustices.

White people have to fix it.

Don’t oppress someone for centuries and then expect them to solve all of the problems white people have foisted upon them.

Racism is a white person problem. 
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Well, it's not for lack of trying. They just spent a quarter of a billion dollars to advance DEI at the University of Michigan. And it was a resounding failure. DEI for all intents and purposes is dead. I suspect the focus will move to individual talent and drive. The big, expensive, systemic programs don't work. [/quote]

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