For the last 50 years Affirmative action has existed in this bizarre situation where the practice clearly violates the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in both intent and letter of the law. And yet that same Civil Right act is used as rationalization by federal bureaucrats to expand the practice.
The US Supreme Court on this issue is like an over-indulgent parent who keeps telling a disobedient child “No” repeatedly but not being willing to punish violations of the rules so the behavior continues.
Well said! The truth of the matter is that Ibram Kendi finally said out loud what progressives have believed and have been implementing for the last 30+ years. A system of "reverse" discrimination on behalf of their chosen preferred groups. It's as if they missed the whole point of the Civil War. The biggest beneficiary of affirmative action of this type has ironically been white women...and they have no intention of going back to actually having to compete on a level playing field without gender based biases in their favor. Time for lots of class action law suits across the board.
I’m retired now but for many years I was a senior executive at a big national STEM consultancy. We did lots of federal work and were routinely subjected to EEOC audits. Regardless of what the law, or the Constitution, or SCOTUS says, we have an aggressive quota system in the US for various protected racial and gender groups.
There is no fairness in war with a totalitarian enemy. The goal is the transfer of all wealth, status, and power, the fuel is resentment and fear, and the objective is colonization. They will also use lawfare and psychological operations when necessary. Appeals to logic will have no effect.
I could not agree more. But race is not the only basis upon which you are not supposed to discriminate. Sex is another, as is age, and age discrimination is ubiquitious.
The problem is that she's a Trump appointee. You wouldn't get the entire EEOC Commission to come out and say this, and the courts have left enough grey area for the progressive racialists to drive a trunk through. It's going to take another SCOTUS decision to have a real impact on all of this stuff.
I have shared this excellent article, thank you Lee for the great work.
For the last 50 years Affirmative action has existed in this bizarre situation where the practice clearly violates the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in both intent and letter of the law. And yet that same Civil Right act is used as rationalization by federal bureaucrats to expand the practice.
The US Supreme Court on this issue is like an over-indulgent parent who keeps telling a disobedient child “No” repeatedly but not being willing to punish violations of the rules so the behavior continues.
Well said! The truth of the matter is that Ibram Kendi finally said out loud what progressives have believed and have been implementing for the last 30+ years. A system of "reverse" discrimination on behalf of their chosen preferred groups. It's as if they missed the whole point of the Civil War. The biggest beneficiary of affirmative action of this type has ironically been white women...and they have no intention of going back to actually having to compete on a level playing field without gender based biases in their favor. Time for lots of class action law suits across the board.
The only screening “devices” in an equal nation are merit and intelligence.
Steve Sailer:
"this [racial IQ gap] might be the most exhaustively documented finding in the history of the social sciences."
So. The West can accept what is necessary to create and maintain our complex civilization, OR continue this illegal fool’s errand of “equity.”
https://www.palladiummag.com/2023/06/01/complex-systems-wont-survive-the-competence-crisis/
If these laws were applied as written, all reduced standards for non-white-non-male applicants to - ANYTHING - would be illegal and enforced as such.
… just in case you remain under the misimpression that we are a nation of laws and equality.
I’m retired now but for many years I was a senior executive at a big national STEM consultancy. We did lots of federal work and were routinely subjected to EEOC audits. Regardless of what the law, or the Constitution, or SCOTUS says, we have an aggressive quota system in the US for various protected racial and gender groups.
"But the irony is that, as actually instituted, diversity in academia was a screening device to facilitate its radicalization (see here and here)."
I'm assuming there were supposed to be links at the 2 "here"s but there aren't any.
There is no fairness in war with a totalitarian enemy. The goal is the transfer of all wealth, status, and power, the fuel is resentment and fear, and the objective is colonization. They will also use lawfare and psychological operations when necessary. Appeals to logic will have no effect.
I could not agree more. But race is not the only basis upon which you are not supposed to discriminate. Sex is another, as is age, and age discrimination is ubiquitious.
The problem is that she's a Trump appointee. You wouldn't get the entire EEOC Commission to come out and say this, and the courts have left enough grey area for the progressive racialists to drive a trunk through. It's going to take another SCOTUS decision to have a real impact on all of this stuff.