Just ask this guy...
Posted on 02/05/2020 10:45:06 AM PST by karpov
In my first and second posts on "diversity statements," I discovered how these political loyalty oaths are now required by the University of California and the National Institutes of Health.
In a quick look at academicjobsonline I discovered that this cancer has metastasized even further. "Diversity statements," professions of loyalty to the "diversity" cause, and testimonials about one's past commitment to "diversity" efforts pervade academic jobs postings. This is not just a requirement imposed by a nebulous bureaucracy, as I had assumed. It is deeply embedded in each department's recruiting, with therefore the active participation of faculty.
At the cost of repetition, let me be clear about this sensitive issue.
Universities started with a desire to hire African Americans, women, and other groups, to address the sadly small numbers of these on their faculties. Racial and gender discrimination being illegal, this was soon labeled a "diversity" effort. But for a long time "diversity" meant only who you hire, not their politics.
The "diversity statement" is a new effort, in which every potential faculty member must pledge their personal loyalty to the diversity movement, and pledge future activity. They also must describe their personal experiences advancing "diversity." And they must not mention ideological or other diversity.
In part, as documented in my first post and references, this has simply been a way to more effectively impose illegal racial and gender quotas.
The part I object to in these posts is the "diversity statement," and the activity it commands. This statement is a clearly political oath, and squashes ideological diversity. Republicans are a lot rarer on college faculty than any racial or sexual group!
This post is not about the desirability of seeing more under-represented groups in academia.
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Just a few more federal judges and the the liberal litmus tests are going to cost universities millions of dollars.
Yeah, the Nazis were ALWAYS big on loyalty oaths. Seems like they haven’t changed. The only difference now, is no more snappily-tailored uniforms.
Oh, wait... we’re talking about Liberals... Then again, Never mind. No difference.
Just ask this guy...
This is a page straight out of the Marxist playbook. This is the shi* that we all had to do behind the Iron Curtain just to get along.
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Specific, actionable tasks on facilitating diversity and inclusion are now a part of the performance review process at the company where I work, and is a mandatory item. In other words, we have to list ways that we *will* facilitate diversity in our review. By extension, this means that not kowtowing to the Woke world can be grounds for termination.
Was just having a conversation on this with someone familiar with the corporate workings at Coke. This stuff is all very nice if all that is at stake is fizzy water. It’s less obvious that this anti-meritocratic approach works when you’re flying aluminum tubes through the air, say. The culture at Boeing has become very woke, and suddenly they’re having lots of problems. But I’m sure it’s unrelated.
Was just having a conversation on this with someone familiar with the corporate workings at Coke. This stuff is all very nice if all that is at stake is fizzy water. It’s less obvious that this anti-meritocratic approach works when you’re flying aluminum tubes through the air, say. The culture at Boeing has become very woke, and suddenly they’re having lots of problems. But I’m sure it’s unrelated.
“Applicants Who Didn’t Propose Specific Plans To Advance Diversity”
Here’s what I would write, wonder if they would accept it?:
“Well, I am a white Christian male, but I am smoking cigarettes and eating a lot of fatty foods to help correct that problem as soon as possible.”
Spreads???
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