Mandatory DEI statements are becoming the norm in academic hiring

Re:Mandatory DEI statements are becoming the norm in academi... by BolexNOLA on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @12:37PM (#34711607)

We don't need to guess. We have plenty of democrat governors who are not doing this at all. You still haven't provided an example and your own article contradicts your general statements.

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Re:Mandatory DEI statements are becoming the norm in academi... by tablespoon on Thursday February 09, 2023 @02:42AM (#34720878)

> We have plenty of democrat governors who are not doing this at all. You still haven't provided an example and your own article contradicts your general statements.

You're missing my point completely, and misunderstanding how I was using the article I linked.

To put it really bluntly: a Democrat governor and a Republican governor are not going to respond identically to an abortion ban. Likewise, a Democrat governor isn't going to take any action to "ban books" if lower level government actors are already making book decisions according to his wishes. It would be unnecessary. Slot in a Republican governor into the same scenario, and he has to override those lower level government actors who are working in harmony with Democrat priorities.

It's foolish to look for or require total symmetry to see similarities. There are "book bans" coming from both ideological factions, they're just implemented differently.

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Re:Mandatory DEI statements are becoming the norm in academi... by BolexNOLA on Thursday February 09, 2023 @08:16PM (#34734332)

> if lower level government actors are already making book decisions according to his wishes.

It behooves you to show evidence that this is happening. So far you’re generalizing a fair bit while not citing, well, anything.

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