Trump’s executive order that corrects the craziness of DEI which discriminates against whites, Asians and men in attempting to cure past discrimination against others is absolutely the correct approach. Who could believe that creating a new privileged class and a new discriminated against class would provide a solution to the problem? Not to mention that it’s clearly unconstitutional.
It would well serve both Democrats and independents to get behind these changes even as they choose to vigorously oppose the increasingly crazy aspects of the Trump agenda.
One more strike against DEI: DEI is DUMB! In makes people say and do dumb things! It leads to outcomes like this class,described in a peer reviewed article in the Journal of Chemical Education: A special topic class on “Feminism and Science as a tool to disrupt the dysconcious racism in STEM.” One module of this class explores “the development and interrelationship between quantum mechanics, Marxist materialism, Afro-futurism/pessimism, and postcolonial nationalism. To problematize time as a linear social construct, the Copenhagen interpretation of the collapse of wave-particle duality was utilized.”
There are plenty more examples of such nonsense. DEI serves as a protective shroud to this naked blithering idiocy.
and know how painstaking it is to be digging through and trying to evade Google Scholar's strategic burying of such articles in the back pages of results, and appreciate your dedication.
At this point, especially on Substack, the downsides are pretty evident.
The confirmation bias of (so-called) pro and anti DEI is also evident.
Your list is indeed comprehensive. The disclaimer that it is intentionally unbalanced, is appreciated.
What I am looking for, beyond my personal echo chamber, is someone who is anti-DEI, to attempt a pro-DEI disconfirmation exercise.
Right now, it is easy and clickable to write about “how bad DEI is.”
There seems to be a new article everyday about all of the absolutely ridiculous examples one can “discover” of poor practice.
Which, of course, is followed by the bandwagon-jumpers-on who have only read what they are looking for to support their ideological preferences or to rage against those who contradict their preferences, traditions, or whats convenient.
I have been in the industry for 20+ years and have talked about the problems. Openly, often, in blogs, and in a book.
What I have yet to see are those who are not practitioners with depth, but are skilled writers and researchers, talk about what they see could be helpful beyond the past several years in academia and the past five after-Floyd. Maybe they see none. Maybe there are none who are willing to explore.
Anyone know folks who hold but are open to (ad)venture beyond the k(nots) related to inclusion, diversity, and equity?
1. You're a fucking moron for, among other reasons, having no idea what "white supremacy" means.
2. Like most fucking morons, you either chose not to read the Commenting Guidelines, which are summarized and linked right there in the post, or you did and chose to ignore them. That makes you, in addition to being a fucking moron a fucking asshole.
To make it easy for a moronic asshole like you, here is the key text:
Criticism and disagreement are fine. Insults, ad hominem attacks, mockery of the original post or of another commenter, are not. Do not insult your host. Pretend that you’re speaking to me, and to the other commenters, in my living room over a coffee or beer, which is, in a sense, what I aspire for the comments section to be. You can use this as an intuitive guideline: If you act like the type of ass that would ensure you would never be asked back to someone’s home, you will probably be banned.
3. Delete your comment.
4. If you don't, I will leave it here for all to see how you have embarassed yourself by being a fucking moron and a fucking asshole at the same time. And as a warning to everyone else.
5. Reply in such a manner that further demonstrates that you are a total dick, I will simply ban you from commenting here.
I’ll take “Insecure, Defensive, Narcissistic White Supremacists with Pathetic Personal Lives and Shoddy Research (even by social psychology’s pathetic standards)” for $400, Alex.
I don't bluff. You will now be banned from commenting here. Congratulations, you are only the 2nd person to be so banned. The upshot is your dickishness will have been seen by about 3 people. Well done.
I am leaving this up for a few hours, maybe a day, as a warning to anyone else who is thinking about being a dick.
Of course, feel free to keep being a dick. Just not here.
This is hilarious. I enjoy watching someone get thrashed in the morning. I say, leave it up for visitors to see in the town square. It was very clear to me that you bracketed the purpose of this compendium in perspective with positives and other discussions of the topic, quite plainly for anyone to appreciate, going into the piece. This troll with no Substack footprint missed “the broad side of the barn.” It’s late-stage buffoonery not to know that taking offense at anyone’s estimation of DEI is quite pawnish and fitting to every comments section everywhere.
Holy mackerel what a compendium! I am very grateful for your incredibly persistent work in gathering up this stuff. You asked for other pieces, and mine likely won’t fit, since it’s a personal narrative about being a K12 teacher, 1999-2018 during the rise of “equity,” after diversity, just before CRT and before inclusion grew like wildfire into DEI. These terms have real boots-on-the-ground etymologies. Thanks, Lee, for the hard work. Here’s my piece. https://hotspvrre.substack.com/p/it-doesnt-fit-the-narrative
By the way, if I might draw a parallel between war and DEI, academia is the commanders’ tent on the hillside, and K12 is the soldiers getting slaughtered in the valley.
Trump’s executive order that corrects the craziness of DEI which discriminates against whites, Asians and men in attempting to cure past discrimination against others is absolutely the correct approach. Who could believe that creating a new privileged class and a new discriminated against class would provide a solution to the problem? Not to mention that it’s clearly unconstitutional.
It would well serve both Democrats and independents to get behind these changes even as they choose to vigorously oppose the increasingly crazy aspects of the Trump agenda.
One more strike against DEI: DEI is DUMB! In makes people say and do dumb things! It leads to outcomes like this class,described in a peer reviewed article in the Journal of Chemical Education: A special topic class on “Feminism and Science as a tool to disrupt the dysconcious racism in STEM.” One module of this class explores “the development and interrelationship between quantum mechanics, Marxist materialism, Afro-futurism/pessimism, and postcolonial nationalism. To problematize time as a linear social construct, the Copenhagen interpretation of the collapse of wave-particle duality was utilized.”
There are plenty more examples of such nonsense. DEI serves as a protective shroud to this naked blithering idiocy.
Thanks for taking the time to do this! I have a recent article on the dangers of the EU's plan to automate DEI with AI Algorithms
https://philomaticalgorhythms.substack.com/p/an-under-reported-serious-danger
and know how painstaking it is to be digging through and trying to evade Google Scholar's strategic burying of such articles in the back pages of results, and appreciate your dedication.
Although blacks are scapegoated as the face of DEI, white women benefit more than any other demographic.
https://shorturl.at/n1frY
At this point, especially on Substack, the downsides are pretty evident.
The confirmation bias of (so-called) pro and anti DEI is also evident.
Your list is indeed comprehensive. The disclaimer that it is intentionally unbalanced, is appreciated.
What I am looking for, beyond my personal echo chamber, is someone who is anti-DEI, to attempt a pro-DEI disconfirmation exercise.
Right now, it is easy and clickable to write about “how bad DEI is.”
There seems to be a new article everyday about all of the absolutely ridiculous examples one can “discover” of poor practice.
Which, of course, is followed by the bandwagon-jumpers-on who have only read what they are looking for to support their ideological preferences or to rage against those who contradict their preferences, traditions, or whats convenient.
I have been in the industry for 20+ years and have talked about the problems. Openly, often, in blogs, and in a book.
What I have yet to see are those who are not practitioners with depth, but are skilled writers and researchers, talk about what they see could be helpful beyond the past several years in academia and the past five after-Floyd. Maybe they see none. Maybe there are none who are willing to explore.
Anyone know folks who hold but are open to (ad)venture beyond the k(nots) related to inclusion, diversity, and equity?
I’m (k)not included 😉.
1. You're a fucking moron for, among other reasons, having no idea what "white supremacy" means.
2. Like most fucking morons, you either chose not to read the Commenting Guidelines, which are summarized and linked right there in the post, or you did and chose to ignore them. That makes you, in addition to being a fucking moron a fucking asshole.
To make it easy for a moronic asshole like you, here is the key text:
Criticism and disagreement are fine. Insults, ad hominem attacks, mockery of the original post or of another commenter, are not. Do not insult your host. Pretend that you’re speaking to me, and to the other commenters, in my living room over a coffee or beer, which is, in a sense, what I aspire for the comments section to be. You can use this as an intuitive guideline: If you act like the type of ass that would ensure you would never be asked back to someone’s home, you will probably be banned.
3. Delete your comment.
4. If you don't, I will leave it here for all to see how you have embarassed yourself by being a fucking moron and a fucking asshole at the same time. And as a warning to everyone else.
5. Reply in such a manner that further demonstrates that you are a total dick, I will simply ban you from commenting here.
Having fun yet?
LOL TLDR
I’ll take “Insecure, Defensive, Narcissistic White Supremacists with Pathetic Personal Lives and Shoddy Research (even by social psychology’s pathetic standards)” for $400, Alex.
Dearest Dick,
I don't bluff. You will now be banned from commenting here. Congratulations, you are only the 2nd person to be so banned. The upshot is your dickishness will have been seen by about 3 people. Well done.
I am leaving this up for a few hours, maybe a day, as a warning to anyone else who is thinking about being a dick.
Of course, feel free to keep being a dick. Just not here.
This is hilarious. I enjoy watching someone get thrashed in the morning. I say, leave it up for visitors to see in the town square. It was very clear to me that you bracketed the purpose of this compendium in perspective with positives and other discussions of the topic, quite plainly for anyone to appreciate, going into the piece. This troll with no Substack footprint missed “the broad side of the barn.” It’s late-stage buffoonery not to know that taking offense at anyone’s estimation of DEI is quite pawnish and fitting to every comments section everywhere.
Holy mackerel what a compendium! I am very grateful for your incredibly persistent work in gathering up this stuff. You asked for other pieces, and mine likely won’t fit, since it’s a personal narrative about being a K12 teacher, 1999-2018 during the rise of “equity,” after diversity, just before CRT and before inclusion grew like wildfire into DEI. These terms have real boots-on-the-ground etymologies. Thanks, Lee, for the hard work. Here’s my piece. https://hotspvrre.substack.com/p/it-doesnt-fit-the-narrative
By the way, if I might draw a parallel between war and DEI, academia is the commanders’ tent on the hillside, and K12 is the soldiers getting slaughtered in the valley.
Thank you for assembling what I've only glimpsed in parts.
Comprehensive!
DEI is still a menace that needs to disappear soonest
Wow, thank your for all those sources and for your work. :)