MIT Eliminates DEI Hiring Requirements

Whatever happened to him?

According to racial equality activist Richard Lapchick, the NBA in 2021 was composed of 73.2 percent black players, 16.8 percent white players, 3.1 percent Latino players of any race, and 0.4 percent Asian players . There were 6.6 percent of the players classified as ā€œotherā€ races.

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Of players, 68.5 percent are African-American or black, 24.5 percent are white, 3.5 percent are Latina, and 2.8 percent are listed as ā€œother.ā€ There is one Asian-American player, and 16.2 percent of the league is made up of international players.

They need to bring up their numbers on Asians. Its pathetic to call themselves diverse and inclusive with so few. Exclusionary to say the least. Racist and bigoted if we want to be more accurate!

Now do coaches, staff and owners.

Nobody cares about themā€¦

This is why theyā€™re being purged. But, as @SkyzykS mentioned, this purge is so far targeted, and intentional.

Youā€™ll never get rid of weird people but you can absolutely relegate them back to their weird corners by incentivizing away from their bullshit.

DEI will be a marginal force at best moving forward. Itā€™s over.

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But itā€™s the argument thatā€™s made to counter the player ratios.

I wish it were true, but women wonā€™t let it happen that easily.

I think we are in a ā€œweā€™ll seeā€ scenario here, and so far weā€™ve been seeing. I have faith this generations counterculture movement is winding down.

Weā€™ll see.

I understand what youā€™re saying, but people tend to think of minorities and the LGBTQ community when they picture DEI but the ones who have benefitted the most from AA and DEI are white women. If these policies hurt straight white men the most, then it stands to reason they help white women the most.

Not exactly DEI but it looks like education reform is coming.

I would imagine rooting out DEI initiatives is part of it, but with practicality and efficiency at the forefront of this administration, an overhaul in priorities may be coming too.

https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/education-department-trump-executive-order-eeaf1cb6

@SkyzykS

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Education reform is probably needed but Trump and Musk are not the ones to do it. I would prefer to see Trump have a team of knowledgeable people handling it. Musk has a financial interest in education as he owns a school and he probably plans on expanding. And it will be paid for by the taxpayers as privately owned public education is basically public education without transparency.

Itā€™s also funny to have the superintendent of OK schools share his opinion as OK schools are the second worst in the nation.

The Dept of Ed should never have been created but the dismantling of it should be done carefully. The federal government should not be involved in education at all. And the guy from OK is being dishonest, remember, his schools are ranked 49th in the nation, because parents are the ones who screwed up education. The idea of everyone gets a trophy was created to make parents of mediocre and less than competent kids who canā€™t compete feel better. Thatā€™s the irony; you have people wanting to get rid of DEI not realizing that they will have to face the reality that their kids are not special. Or, they will have to parent like adults and push their kids like stereotypical Asian parents.

I couldnā€™t read much of the article so I googled it.

I agree that the dei innitiatives, indoctrination, and favor shown to students of certain groups should be removed, especially from schools.

I look at my son and his voracious appetite for learning. We were told he got rejected from the gifted program because his score was just below entry, but that really just doesnā€™t add up. Especially after his teachers unanimously and enthusiastically reccomended him for it. Even my therapist, who is a qualified proctor for intelligence testing and has met him met his rejection with skepticism- Incredulity, actually. She has met him, and met with him, and was genuinely impressed by him.

Now, having been put in advanced placement classes, heā€™s crushing those too. Once again, its not adding up. Heā€™s at 100+ % again, just as he had been in regular classes. Heā€™s chowing down on linear algebra, and accelerated in his language and reading. Most recent tests show him at 12th grade level. I have no doubt heā€™ll be in a foreign language next year. But not gifted? I really doubt that.

But what he isnā€™t is slightly brownish, female, or trans what ever. Heā€™s not very diverse. So he probably doesnā€™t even need advanced learning opportunities cuz he has all kinds of other advantages. :thinking: like rich white parents that can send him to special schools or what ever (we arenā€™t rich, and canā€™t do that).

So regardless of my own thoughts on the value of their gifted program, I think its wrong that any kid who is qualified would be denied for any reason. Especially if the reason is predicated on ā€œOpticsā€ and assumptions about station in life, the resources of the parents, gender wargarble, etc.

Its an overcompensation for previous error at the expense of kids that never had anything to do with it. Iā€™ve seen all the things about the lack of women in stem, minorities, and all of the other leftist brain candy that pertains to the subject. My conclusion on it is thats the theachers problems manifested in the classroom. Its hard to call Racist or what ever when THEY ARE THE ONES WHO DID IT. It wasnā€™t parents. It wasnā€™t legislature. It wasnā€™t Trump that created the statistics that are now being used to justify false assumptions and neglect others based on the aforementioned assumptions, and it sure as hell wasnā€™t the kids that are the target of these policies. It was the teachers. The education admin.

And now they use the statistics that they are the origin point of, as it was their actions that were measured, all of the neglect they perpetrated- to do it again.

Thats my 2 cents. :notes: Second verse, same as the First! A little bit louder and a little bit worse! :notes:

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The whatever is important. Unfortunately, things like DEI and AA conjure up race first. Then gender identity and women. It should be women first. When you had university presidents testifying before Congress, all three were women. Was that coincidence? If all three were men, it would have been seen as a deliberate act by the patriarchy. As far as race, itā€™s white men more than white people, and apparently Asians and Jews are also considered white.

But the whatever matters as well. Whatever includes disabilities. All disabilities. I worked in a school where half the students were labelled special ed. Black students, and minorities in general, are overrepresented in special ed. This gives students all sorts of accommodations. Some are for physical disabilities and make perfect sense, others regard behavior and academics. And this is where equity comes in. Less is demanded academically but, the grading doesnā€™t reflect it. Students have their own standard; what one student needs to do to get an A is different from another. Itā€™s not the studentā€™s fault he isnā€™t as smart as another student. Why measure them against each other?

And this thinking permeates education in general. Itā€™s just easier to lower the standards for everyone. You have this idea that people have a preferred learning style. Some are visual learners, others auditory, etc. So teachers have to approach individual students using the supposed learning style that works best for each of them. There is no scientific evidence to support learning style differences. Schools like it however, because it makes it easier for everyone to get an A. If a kid doesnā€™t do well on fill in the blanks, then make it multiple choice. Itā€™s not his fault he has problems studying and remembering, or just isnā€™t that smart relative to other students.

Why do this? Because parents want their kids to get As. They donā€™t want to be told their kids just arenā€™t that smart. College for all is used as a selling point to parents. Charter schools use it to show how much faith they have in their abilities to get any student into college. Itā€™s all bs.

DEI is not a policy. You have DEI policies, but DEI is a belief system, an ideology, a mindset. And each part, the D, the E and the I, has its own definitions. Itā€™s how they all work together in the minds of those who make the rules. So you can get rid of the policies but the ideology is another issue. Look up mastery grading; itā€™s just a way to force desired outcomes or the illusion of desired outcomes (equity).

Are parents going to accept an honest educational system? Are they going to be ok when the majority of students get Cs? A C is average and most students will be average. Will they be ok with their kids getting more homework, or any homework, and having to read more? Will they limit their kidsā€™ screen time in order for this to work? When they see what it takes to try and reach a real standard, will they push their children or complain that the standards are too high and unfair? Will they be ok when their kids, if they underperform because of a legitimate intellectual disability or because of behavior or because they are labelled special ed for any reason, are not included in classes with the kids who can learn at a faster pace?

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Oh yeah. Iā€™ve been in a few conversations with parents about getting their kid a good diagnosis, an IAP and never having to help them with homework ever again. Apparently thats like an easy button for lazy parents.

Silly me. Helping him with his. Actually we just hang out and if he runs into any problems I point him in the right direction. Itā€™s really quite a good time!

I hear you on the dishonesty. Its being patrons to the other parties bullshit. ā€œIā€™ll buy yours if you buy mine.ā€.

Itā€™s one thing to want your kid to get As. Itā€™s another to expect it. I should have written that parents feel their kids are entitled to As. Everyone gets a trophy. Grade inflation is real, even at Ivy League universities.

A quote that is out there, itā€™s even seen in schools, is 80% of success is just showing up. Itā€™s stupid. In schools, it makes kids think they should get credit for just being there. Showing up is an expectation, the bare minimum, and you donā€™t get a cookie, or 80% of the cookie. Imagine being told you are so special that your presence alone has value.

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I think Iā€™m obligated to help him get the most/best out of himself, education included. It results in As as a byproduct, but I hear you on the grade inflation.

Yeah. When money talks, they better change that grade or theyā€™ll lose what ever tuition that student has left.

I worked with a kid that was attending a local private university. He was about as dull as a boot. Came in complaining and hung over every day. His main complaints revolved around his professors asking way too much and not providing or supporting the students. I explained to him that for the most part, the burden of effort is upon the student to learn. The prof. provides direction and instruction in the form of lectures and assignments.
He thought I was just a dick that didnā€™t know what I was talking about, cuz I went to a cheap ass community college. :rofl:.
But he was also mystified by my ability to model an equation for drill patterns, enter it into a table on a Ti calculator and mark the locations correctly.

But heā€™d take a bad grade to the Deans office and threaten to take his money elsewhere if they didnā€™t do something about it! :rofl:

I did enjoy making him cry and rage quit (well, threaten to) for hurting his feelings if he didnā€™t get an apology.