[enragedcacti]

I don't think requiring prospective hires to write a DEI statement is equally as political as illegally cancelling already funded and approved research into e.g. racial disparities in maternal mortality, or health equity gaps for rural Americans (yes, it's DEI even if it's for predominantly white people).

[dmd]

It's not just research into things like that. As I mentioned elsewhere, one of the researchers in my department had a study canceled because something they did "engendered a robust hemodynamic response". Someone replied saying theirs was canceled for "mineral inclusion". There are thousands of things like this. It's not about DEI, it's about getting rid of science, because science is at odds with their view of the US.

[fastball]

Legality is orthogonal to politicality.

[sltkr]

How is forcing prospective academics to pledge alegiance to the American woke left anything _but_ political? DEI statements were nothing more than obligatory loyalty oaths.

[evenman02]

People that view DEI like this are incredibly lost. The vast majority of cases of DEI initiatives are so tame, and nothing like they are portrayed as. "Pledge allegiance to the left" come on be real. The modern conservative movement is so unserious.

[SV_BubbleTime]

I don’t like grading / judging / factoring skin color for anyone for any reason. I don’t think it matters how tame it is.

[jimbokun]

So now we just require them to pledge allegiance to Trump instead.

[sltkr]

No, there is no such requirement.

[usernomdeguerre]

There is, they just hide it behind things like "Do you believe a president can have more than 2 terms?"

[sltkr]

No university requires you to declare support for that belief.

[stouset]

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[paytonjjones]

I've never once turned on Fox News, but I have been in elite academia and I'm sorry to say the person you're replying to is dead on.

That's...exactly the point of DEI statements! They are used to filter for "cultural fit", i.e. determine if you fit the political mold or at the very least capable of pretending you are with the most recent shibboleths.

I've literally seen faculty searches cancelled because there were too many white male applicants.

[stouset]

> forcing prospective academics to pledge alegiance to the American woke left

This is utter fantasy.

You are making a completely separate argument.