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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think DOJ should be in the business of telling universities what is and is not worthy of studying.[/quote]
If it implies racial or gender discrimination, they have every right to stop it, which is exactly the reason of the memo.[/quote]

How does diversity, equity, and inclusion imply racial or gender discrimination? [/quote]
Because they provide opportunities only to certain groups of people that are not based on merit. Why are they entitled to such privileges?[/quote]

Can’t you be a white male and study “ethnic studies”? Or “race, ethnicity and migration”?

These kids of majors don’t seem exclusionary?[/quote]
I'm not a white male, but [i]I don't think they would accept white males[/i] or non URM people for such studies, thus a discrimination.[/quote]

You think white men can't sign up for an African studies class? WTF?

Whereas black students [u]actually were excluded[/u] from most all-white colleges for hundreds of years, and women [u]actually were excluded[/u] from most all-male colleges for hundreds of years, and Western Civ is still a core class in most history departments but African Civ is not, etc etc. [/quote]

DP.

Agree that PP's post was ridiculous (I say this as a WM who took classes in African literature).

That said, DEI supporters here are being a bit disingenuous. Many prominent DEI programs/initiatives have been guilty of pretty gross excesses, and virtually all suffer from a lack of coherent, productive philosophy.

As usual, the truth falls somewhere in the middle.

Equal opportunity and diversity are noble goals (eff you Republicans for attempting to destroy these) but proponents of DEI went way off the rails in their tactics (looking at you, Columbia "Wheel of Oppression" and Duke Med School).

Reminds me of "Defund the Police". Policing needed major reform, but the "solutions" proposed by the left were idiotic.[/quote]
Can you provide examples instead of generalizations? [/quote]

Different poster.

Defund the police is not a specific example enough? Some examples:

Asking for a DEI statement as a screening tool for grant approval?

San Francisco and Illinois have proposed policies to provide reparations to Black residents for past racial injustices.

LA and SF implemented policies of not prosecuting crimes such as shoplifting or drug possession.

Changes to admissions policies of high schools due to DEI.

Hiring Chief Equity Officers, a whole bunch of equity officers and renaming of schools.

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Defund the police is a completely different topic than Dei. I think you imagine “black people” are a dei concept.[/quote]

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