A Black Scholar Who Opposes the “Diversity” Mania. Carol Swain’s latest book takes DEI ideologues to task.

James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal ^ | May 24, 2024 | George Leef

[karpov]

The conventional wisdom among “progressives” is that black Americans must be given preferences in college admissions, hiring, and government contracting because the nation is so suffused with racism that they cannot advance otherwise. There are many problems with that view, and in her book The Adversity of Diversity Carol Swain explores them.

As a black woman who grew up in impoverished conditions in rural Virginia, Swain has a compelling case to make against the idea that preferences actually help blacks. Her success in life is a strong counter to the leftist racial agenda, and she argues that it makes matters worse—for blacks and for everyone else.

Swain’s book opens with a foreword by the famed Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz, who was a civil-rights activist back in the 1960s. He agrees with Swain that America has departed disastrously from the integrationist goals of the old civil-rights movement. Today, it employs force to disrupt our institutions and violate the rights of disfavored groups, while accomplishing little if any good for struggling blacks. It’s good to see a traditional white liberal voicing support for a black conservative who believes that America made a tragic mistake when it turned away from the goal of equal rights for all.

The old civil-rights model worked very well, Swain demonstrates. Under it, schools and companies were encouraged to seek out minority applicants who showed promise, then help them succeed. She benefited from that outlook in her early years—it gave her the boost she needed first to attend a community college to obtain a better job, then to earn a B.A., pursue a Ph.D. in political science at the University of North Carolina, and finally land tenured professorships at Princeton and Vanderbilt.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Diversity is a country full of azhos who can’t speak to one another because they are waiting for Americans to learn their sh**house lingo.

[Zuriel]

Yes, diversity without ability makes for unqualified licensed professionals; whether the job is as complex as heart surgery or a steady hand on an 18 wheeler.

No doubt much computer testing is set by the box clicked pertaining to race.

[Robert DeLong]

Yes, Carol Swain is a gem. The nation needs lots more just like her.

[Dr. Ursus]

AGREED!

[poconopundit]

Never heard of this articulate and right-thinking woman. She has page on X and a few comments blasting Harvard for the protection of their former DEI president.

D.E.I. = The plot to DESTROY any ENTERPRISE with INCOMPETENT leadership.

[MayflowerMadam]

“Never heard of this articulate and right-thinking woman”

Bannon has her on War Room often. I was hoping she’d be considered for VP.

[chopperk]

Dr. Swain is a brilliant scholar and great American.

[FES0844]

I hope PT hires her when he gets re-elected!!

[After Hours]

Yes, I love Carol Swain. She is beautiful, intelligent
articulate and a very classy lady.

She is definitely VP material above and beyond many others. I would even move my JD Vance preference for her.

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[GOPJ]

... Alan Dershowitz, who was a civil-rights activist back in the 1960s. He agrees with Swain that America has departed disastrously from the integrationist goals of the old civil-rights movement. Today, it employs force to disrupt our institutions and violate the rights of disfavored groups, while accomplishing little if any good for struggling blacks. It’s good to see a traditional white liberal voicing support for a black conservative who believes that America made a tragic mistake when it turned away from the goal of equal rights for all.

The black community can look around and see 'the stuff' liberal elites have been doing for 'their pets' isn't working out for them. All their favors have accomplished is an entrenched white liberal elite power structure that only cares about itself.

[poconopundit]

Thanks for this intelligence, MayflowerMadam.

I discovered if you ask Google for the War Room and Carol Swain conversations on Youtube, you get no hits.

But if you ask Google to search on Rumble.com, you get plenty of hits.

Here's the search I made that succeeded:

carol swain war room site:rumble.com

[GOPJ]

> DEI: DESTROY ENTERPRISE with INCOMPETENCY

Good one!

[MayflowerMadam]

I’ve been throwing her name as VP potential out here on FR for a few months. Have been 100% ignored.

If not VP, then another high position in the Cabinet.

Bannon interviewed her right after it was discovered that it was her work that had been plagiarized by the Ivy League AA hotshot. Swain is suing her ass ... and maybe more than her. I think more than one black person plagiarized Swain’s work.

Swain, who came from poverty, did the hard work to write the content, and then blacks who from the upper crust, stole it.

[MayflowerMadam]

That’s a great tip on searching via Rumble vs simply Google. Thank you. I’ll have to remember that.

[poconopundit]

I’m certain Trump will find a useful role in his administration for Ms. Swain. She has the intellect and the heart to accomplish many things for the MAGA movement.

[Chgogal]

BTTT

[Taxman]

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