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Carthage College to Require ‘Race History’ Course in Order to Graduate

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 10, 2020 4 Comments

"will initiate and staff an intercultural center with additional resources for diversity, equity, and inclusion"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EubyLEXSZWM

Lockdown Queen Gretchen Whitmer reportedly interviewed by Biden for VP slot

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 08, 2020 52 Comments

Seriously under consideration, or a coordinated media leak headfake? It's hard to imagine Nurse Rached one heartbeat away from the presidency.

U. Texas-Austin Proposes Political Litmus Tests on Hiring and Promotions for Diversity

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 29, 2020 5 Comments

"An excellent and diverse faculty benefits our educational and instructional experiences and strengthens our research, scholarship, and creativity."

Virginia Commonwealth University ‘Protests’ Cause Over $100,000 in Damage

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 28, 2020 2 Comments

"We are concerned about groups that promote destruction and violence co-opting important social justice reform movements"

Petition Demands Removal of Walt Whitman Statue at Rutgers University-Camden

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 24, 2020 9 Comments

"Rutgers-Camden has been making efforts recently to remove symbols around our campus which continue to perpetuate a racist past"

George Washington U. Will No Longer Recommend Book Equating Conservatism With Racism

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 23, 2020 6 Comments

"The Office for Diversity, Equity, and Community Engagement apologizes for the harm that members of the GW community experienced as a result"

Students and Faculty at Dartmouth Sign Letter Urging School to Fight ‘Structural Racism’

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 22, 2020 11 Comments

"The unrepentant White supremacy evident in this history has also shaped the mission, culture, and traditions of Dartmouth College"

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Harrison Bergeron University

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 20, 2020 46 Comments

Reader: "Harrison Bergeron lives!! Only thing Kurt Vonnegut got wrong was that he thought it wouldn't happen until the latter half of the 21st century."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOjHhS5MtvA

NY Times Chief Classical Music Critic: End “blind auditions,” pick orchestra musicians based on race and gender

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 19, 2020 119 Comments

Ending "blind auditions" hurts people who otherwise would have been chosen based on the quality of their music, or in other contexts, their academic performance on standardized tests and other objective measurements. "Equity" is not a victimless crime.

Student Activists at Harvard Want the Board of Overseers to Change its Name

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 19, 2020 13 Comments

"cannot be separated from its historical context and connotations"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8KLnvgk6Mw

Cornell University takes a major step towards compulsory racial activism for faculty, students, and staff

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 16, 2020 101 Comments

Proposed initiatives include an "educational requirement on racism, bias and equity for all Cornell students," a new Anti-Racism Center, "an institution-wide, themed semester ... focus[ed] on issues of racism," and mandatory faculty participation in "programming" regarding "race, racism and colonialism in the United States."

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