Professor Randy Wayne of Cornell seems to think so.
He writes at the New York Post:
Cornell wants to ‘express itself’ but ‘diversity, equity, inclusion’ are in the wayWhen I heard that Martha Pollack, president of Cornell University, would announce that Free Expression will be the theme for the 2023-2024 academic year, I was delighted.It seemed like Cornell was turning a corner from its poor record on free expression documented by the organizations such as the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) and the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA).Indeed, just before her announcement, Pollack had given two wins to free expression.She rejected a Student Assembly resolution to mandate content warnings for traumatic content in the classroom, and for her bravery, she won the Cojones Award from alumnus Bill Maher.But when I read what Pollack had to say, I realized that the Free Expression theme was actually a ruse.Pollack had stacked the steering committee with diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) scholars.I wrote individually to each member requesting links to their work on free expression —and heard, even up to today — nothing but crickets.Then the campus paper the Cornell Daily Sun reported that Pollack will defend DEI as strongly as she defends free expression.This is a tragedy because free expression cannot coexist with DEI.
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