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Sadredin Moosavi's avatar

I agree with the author's analysis but do see signs of hope that the tide may be turning. While Gen Z has many disadvantages in their scholarly development because of the woke schools systems they have grown out of, the young working class, especially the young men, seem to be rejecting the nonsensical drivel peddled by the social justice warriors in large numbers. They live in the real world and the prospect of being sent to fight globalist wars abroad by incompetent politicians has motivated them to see the world as it is not as social justice warriors delude themselves into wishing it was. As others have argued, there are no atheists in a fox hole, similarly, those being called to fight personally are not as inclined to go along with a DEI hire as commander in chief or support leaders, including university faculty, who spout such nonsense. With a new president in the White House committed to draining the swamp, it may also be time to drain the academic swamp of its social justice delusions. Perhaps it is time for massive federal defunding of academic programs and research from universities that fail to demonstrate ideological balance and engage in systemic race/gender based discrimination under the guise of DEI. Academics can complain about "government" interference in academic decisions...but have only themselves to blame for turning their institutions into superfund sites of anti-intellectual activity. Like all such toxic environments, a clean up from outside is often required over the objections of those who made the mess.

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Ilya V. Buynevich's avatar

Bravo for this excellent summary! Having grown up in the USSR, I have seen enough socialist party stickers (hammer, sickle, and Lenin all there) plastered around Penn campus to know that faculty like Amy Wax would not be tolerated as a minority for her diversity of opinion (the type of diversity that should be celebrated on campus).

Hopefully, a 1968 Wharton graduate can make some welcome changes, including rearranging the letters in the DEI acronym so it no longer hinders the pursuit of truth!

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