DEI = Racism

[Vol737]

A Biden Admin position or a corporate VP position of DEI.

 

[KB5252]

Boy....... the firm and or representatives of that firm really fell short on strategy and failed their clients horribly.

That being said these institutions aren't going to change anything. The real issue is winning hearts and minds. Equity in opportunity has been abandoned for equity of outcomes. This is chaos theory stuff. Can't be achieved. Critical thinking often offends, when the population has an aversion to offense education fails. Idiocracy becomes reality.

 

[bamawriter]

According to Harvard, the problem isn't that they promoted an academic mediocrity who was incapable of crafting an original thought and embarrassed the entire institution in front of Congress. No. The problem is that people noticed.

 

[StarRaider]

I thought "journalism" would be the first in line to attack plagiarism. Looks like that is not the case as the pravda media got their marching orders from the communist administration.

Plagiarism charges downed Harvard’s president. A conservative attack helped to fan the outrage

Harvard President Claudine Gay’s resignation followed weeks of mounting accusations that she lifted language from other scholars in her doctoral dissertation and journal articles.

apnews.com

Does A.P. really think conservatives invented plagiarism accusations?

The media response to Claudine Gay's ouster has been ludicrous.

reason.com

 

[KB5252]

If you want to pick an AA female to head your institution of higher learning that's fine. I'm sure there are many great candidates out there. Just make sure you choose the right person though.

I won't fault her completely for the canned answer she gave on record..... After all it was fed to all of them, and it was a horrible answer for a number of reasons. I do fault her for not condemning some of the speech from her own students. It's not a bad thing to challenge people, I'm constantly trying to learn, sometimes part of that is admitting when you are wrong or only got it half right.

Harvard only got it half right here ..... They would be wise to admit the lesson learned and move on. Select another minority female if they choose. Just be wise about the person they are choosing.

 

[DC_Vol]

If you want to pick an AA female to head your institution of higher learning that's fine. I'm sure there are many great candidates out there. Just make sure you choose the right person though.

I won't fault her completely for the canned answer she gave on record..... After all it was fed to all of them, and it was a horrible answer for a number of reasons. I do fault her for not condemning some of the speech from her own students. It's not a bad thing to challenge people, I'm constantly trying to learn, sometimes part of that is admitting when you are wrong or only got it half right.

Harvard only got it half right here ..... They would be wise to admit the lesson learned and move on. Select another minority female if they choose. Just be wise about the person they are choosing.

Harvard has shown a little too much leg here. Had to be financially blackmailed into forcing her resignation but is keeping her on staff (at a president salary)!

I hope they aren’t planning on kicking any students out of school for academic misconduct any time soon.

Their standards are apparently adjustable based on the ethnicity.

 

[KB5252]

Harvard has shown a little too much leg here. Had to be financially blackmailed into forcing her resignation but is keeping her on staff (at a president salary)!

I hope they aren’t planning on kicking any students out of school for academic misconduct any time soon.

Their standards are apparently adjustable based on the ethnicity.

This is exactly why I said sometimes you have to admit your mistakes. Hiring someone who by all appearances is either too lazy, incapable, or unwilling to cite others properly....... Or some combination of all three....... In their academic works Waters down the brand and calls into question the universities standing.

It was a bad hire...... It happens. And instead of admitting it and moving on they doubled down and made her resign ...... When it was obvious to anyone that morally and ethically she couldn't/shouldn't remain in that position.

They have hurt AA's all people of color in doing this.

 

[85SugarVol]

According to Harvard, the problem isn't that they promoted an academic mediocrity who was incapable of crafting an original thought and embarrassed the entire institution in front of Congress. No. The problem is that people noticed.

You people never would have known about Claudine Gay’s 17 instances of plagiarism if she hadn’t flunked Jewish genocide in front of Congress…

Seems like a weird flex to me.

 

[85SugarVol]

Lululemon’s billionaire founder slams the company’s diversity and inclusion efforts: ‘You’ve got to be clear that you don’t want certain customers coming in’

Chip Wilson has added almost $4 billion to his net worth since 2020, nearly all because of the rise in value of his 8% stake in Lululemon stock.

finance.yahoo.com

Lmao..

At around the same time, it [Lululemon] came under fire for promoting a yoga workshop billed as an opportunity to “resist capitalism.”

The class promised to teach participants how “gender constructs across the world have informed culture and the ways violent colonialism has erased these histories to enforce consumerism.”

 

[Orangeburst]

sounds DEIish to me.

 

[85SugarVol]

https://www.axios.com/2024/01/04/dei-jobs-diversity-corporate

 

[bamawriter]

Opinion | Claudine Gay: What Just Happened at Harvard Is Bigger Than Me (Published 2024)

The demagogues won’t stop with Harvard.

www.nytimes.com

It's behind the paywall. But here are some of the finer moments:

My inbox has been flooded with invective, including death threats. I’ve been called the N-word more times than I care to count.

Have these death threats been turned over to the police? Death threats are serious business. And while use of the n-word is not criminal, it is disgusting. Why not publish those emails?

My hope is that by stepping down I will deny demagogues the opportunity to further weaponize my presidency in their campaign to undermine the ideals animating Harvard since its founding: excellence, openness, independence, truth.

Again, the problem is not her serial plagiarism or her shameful handwaving at calls for Jewish genocide. Rather, the problem is that people noticed. It's not that she did wrong, it's that there are a bunch of mean people who refuse to accept that she's right.

Yes, I made mistakes. In my initial response to the atrocities of Oct. 7, I should have stated more forcefully what all people of good conscience know: Hamas is a terrorist organization that seeks to eradicate the Jewish state.

By "stated more forcefully," she clearly means "stated AT ALL."

And at a congressional hearing last month, I fell into a well-laid trap.

Oh, those mean old Republicans and there well-laid traps. Obviously "Is calling for the genocide of an entire race considered harassment?" is such a crafty trick question.

I neglected to clearly articulate that calls for the genocide of Jewish people are abhorrent and unacceptable and that I would use every tool at my disposal to protect students from that kind of hate.

She didn't "neglect to clearly articulate it." She articulated exactly what she believed. If she were even willing to "use every tool at my disposal" then why hadn't she done so?

Universities must remain independent venues where courage and reason unite to advance truth, no matter what forces set against them.

How can an institution be trusted to advance truth when its leaders refuse to acknowledge the truth?

 

[CobbVol]

It is comical that CNN pays someone to say/write this garbage and then think it is a good idea to blast it out on TV. So a student now can copy away in their work at this school with no retribution?

CNN's Egan: Harvard Pres. Didn't Steal Ideas, Was Simply 'Copying Other People's Writings'

It may only be the second day of 2024, but reporter Matt Egan joined Tuesday’s CNN News Central and got in an early contender for quote of the year when he claimed that resigning Harvard President Claudine Gay has not been accused of “stealing anyone’s ideas” just “copying other people’s...

www.newsbusters.org

 

[Franklin Pierce]

Biden Administration Spent Over $16 Million On Diversity Training in 2023​

More than $16 million flowed last year from taxpayers to consulting firms and third parties for diversity training in the federal government, spending records show.

The 2023 cash transfers came from dozens of agencies, including the departments of Defense, Education, Energy, Labor, Homeland Security, and the National Institutes of Health, as well as the Air Force and the Navy, the Daily Caller reported, noting that the outlet's analysis did not account for in-house training. The individual awards ranged from under $10,000 all the way up to, in one case, $4.3 million.


Federal data show the Department of Labor dished out at least $8.5 million to third parties for diversity training in 2023, while the Department of Agriculture spent at least $1.2 million, the Daily Caller reported. The Commerce Department reportedly spent upward of $700,000 on training, while the Department of Homeland Security paid more than $800,000 to firms for similar initiatives.

Biden administration spent over $16 million on diversity training in 2023

More than $16 million flowed last year from taxpayers to consulting firms and third parties for diversity training in the federal government, spending records show.

www.washingtonexaminer.com

 

[creekdipper]

If Gay applied her own Harvard standards consistently, she'd have to posit that any "death threats" have to be considered in the light of "context" before determining if they actually violate Harvard standards. I mean, since that was her methodology applied to calls for genocide of Jewish people....

 

[Franklin Pierce]

Associated Press Stealth-Edits Claim ‘White Colonists’ Scalped Native Americans​

The Associated Press, in an article on Wednesday, not only claimed conservatives were responsible for Harvard President Claudine Gay’s resignation after she was found to have plagiarized her academic work almost 50 times, but it also claimed that “white colonists” practiced scalping on Native Americans — a claim it stealth-edited later.

The article, when it first published, said that conservative activist Christopher Rufo, who had looked into Gay’s plagiarism, celebrated Gay’s resignation by posting on X, “SCALPED” — a term often colloquially used by journalists when their reporting leads to someone’s resignation or firing.

However, the AP wrote that Rufo used the word to insinuate that Gay was a “trophy of violence” and was “invoking a gruesome practice taken up by white colonists who sought to eradicate Native Americans.”

As Breitbart News’s John Nolte noted, scalping was instead a “well-known American Indian practice.”

AP Stealth-Edits Claim that 'White Colonists' Scalped Native Americans

The Associated Press claimed that "white colonists" practiced scalping on Native Americans -- a claim it stealth-edited later.

www.breitbart.com

 

[Vol8188]

If you commit plagiarism you're not fit to be the president of Harvard but are fit to be POTUS. Honestly, though, I agree with that standard. The president of Harvard should be held to a higher standard (as should the world) than that of Biden.

 

[85SugarVol]

Opinion | Claudine Gay: What Just Happened at Harvard Is Bigger Than Me (Published 2024)

The demagogues won’t stop with Harvard.

www.nytimes.com

It's behind the paywall. But here are some of the finer moments:



Have these death threats been turned over to the police? Death threats are serious business. And while use of the n-word is not criminal, it is disgusting. Why not publish those emails?



Again, the problem is not her serial plagiarism or her shameful handwaving at calls for Jewish genocide. Rather, the problem is that people noticed. It's not that she did wrong, it's that there are a bunch of mean people who refuse to accept that she's right.



By "stated more forcefully," she clearly means "stated AT ALL."



Oh, those mean old Republicans and there well-laid traps. Obviously "Is calling for the genocide of an entire race considered harassment?" is such a crafty trick question.



She didn't "neglect to clearly articulate it." She articulated exactly what she believed. If she were even willing to "use every tool at my disposal" then why hadn't she done so?



How can an institution be trusted to advance truth when its leaders refuse to acknowledge the truth?

In what context were these death threats made?

 

[85SugarVol]

Associated Press Stealth-Edits Claim ‘White Colonists’ Scalped Native Americans​

The Associated Press, in an article on Wednesday, not only claimed conservatives were responsible for Harvard President Claudine Gay’s resignation after she was found to have plagiarized her academic work almost 50 times, but it also claimed that “white colonists” practiced scalping on Native Americans — a claim it stealth-edited later.

The article, when it first published, said that conservative activist Christopher Rufo, who had looked into Gay’s plagiarism, celebrated Gay’s resignation by posting on X, “SCALPED” — a term often colloquially used by journalists when their reporting leads to someone’s resignation or firing.

However, the AP wrote that Rufo used the word to insinuate that Gay was a “trophy of violence” and was “invoking a gruesome practice taken up by white colonists who sought to eradicate Native Americans.”

As Breitbart News’s John Nolte noted, scalping was instead a “well-known American Indian practice.”

AP Stealth-Edits Claim that 'White Colonists' Scalped Native Americans

The Associated Press claimed that "white colonists" practiced scalping on Native Americans -- a claim it stealth-edited later.

www.breitbart.com

Yea, I read that and did a double take at the “edited” version.

I liked this part too -

In Gay’s case, many academics were troubled with how the plagiarism came to light: as part of a coordinated campaign to discredit Gay and force her from office

They’re not at all concerned that Gay plagiarized, so much as why it is known that Gay plagiarized.

This was good too -

Republican detractors have sought to gut funding for public universities, roll back tenure and banish initiatives that make colleges more welcoming to students of color

I.e., Illegal racial discrimination against white and Asian applicants in favor of less qualified black applicants.

One of the more biased AP articles I’ve seen. And that’s saying something.

 

[Orangeburst]

Do DEI policies foster racism? Further do they foster tribalism and division?

Urgent

Better update thread

Did You Know? "DEI" is Becoming "DEIJ" — The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal

A good many Americans are aware of “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” (DEI), a vogue phrase signaling the application of Critical Race Theory. They read DEI statements from their employers, see…

www.jamesgmartin.center

 

[Orangeburst]

 

[ButchPlz]

Yea, I read that and did a double take at the “edited” version.

I liked this part too -



They’re not at all concerned that Gay plagiarized, so much as why it is known that Gay plagiarized.

This was good too -



I.e., Illegal racial discrimination against white and Asian applicants in favor of less qualified black applicants.

One of the more biased AP articles I’ve seen. And that’s saying something.

They're concerned about the why because the overwhelming majority of this new, DEI-focused academia plagiarized and stole their way from high school all the way to where they are now. If you're into the DEI stuff, you're literally incapable of a new thought, in any field. That's not an exaggeration.

Academia is in crisis right now. We don't have thought leaders in this country. We have idiots and we have personalities.

 

[85SugarVol]

Urgent

Better update thread

Did You Know? "DEI" is Becoming "DEIJ" — The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal

A good many Americans are aware of “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” (DEI), a vogue phrase signaling the application of Critical Race Theory. They read DEI statements from their employers, see…

www.jamesgmartin.center

Posting about it a year ago. It’s coming… Justice

DEI is the wellspring from which much has flowed.

But it’s DEIJ now. An even more sinister evolution.

But if you think Equity (forced equal outcomes) is bad… just wait…

Justice is the final form of this movement (from the current looks of it jmo). And it is easily the most pernicious of the soon to be floated “DEIJ”. But I’ll save that for another day.

@SpaceCoastVol
The evolution over the last 20-30 years:

Equal Opportunity (was not enough)
Diversity (not enough)
Diversity & Inclusion (not enough)
Equity / “DEI” (now not enough either)

Justice - a nightmare coming soon

They abandoned the lie that was Equal Opportunity long ago.
Diversity didn’t yield the desired result.
DEI didn’t yield the desired result.

If “Equity” is forced equal outcomes, intended to shrink racial wealth and achievement gaps… just what exactly is “Justice” going to entail?

 

[85SugarVol]

The Right Is Dancing on Claudine Gay’s Grave. But It Was the Center-Left That Did Her In.

Her fate was decided by folks on the center-left and the left. The only things conservatives had to do was fan the flames.

www.politico.com

It’s time for the Moderate and Center-Left Democrats to say enough is enough, and banish the nonsense to the void.

Real tensions exist between left and center-left — tensions that often involve universities, tensions that can have real political consequences and tensions that can be exploited pretty easily by folks who aren’t necessarily acting in good faith.

 

[Orangeburst]

Anger, Threats From Fellow Dems as Rep. Wheeler Backs Bipartisan Ban on Gender Surgery for Minors - NH Journal

New Hampshire - Anger, Threats From Fellow Dems as Rep. Wheeler Backs Bipartisan Ban on Gender Surgery for Minors - NH Journal - Politics

nhjournal.com

Democrats are sick people.