Another Seuss Cancellation Thread (Summer 2023)

[marshwiggle]

Wax says things that----as with the diversity officers who consistently harp on "white privilege"----have no point but to alienate and make people angry.  There is nothing really to accomplish by pointing out that top law school graduates are generally white unless one has a method for equalizing the disparity. 

It appears that Wax just wants to vent her bigotry.  Fine.  Let her.  And let her face the cultural backlash she generates. 

The one caveat to this is when these statements are a response to accusations of discrimination from the other side. So if other people claim that the lack of a proportional representation of students of group X in the top of the class of graduates is evidence of discrimination, then the unpleasant, but realistic answer may be that the incoming preparation, as shown by their incoming grades, of group X was below average, and their performance is consistent with students of other groups with the same incoming grades.

Even saying this as diplomatically as possible is no doubt going to rile people up. Amy Wax seems to not care much regardless.

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The one caveat to this is when these statements are a response to accusations of discrimination from the other side. So if other people claim that the lack of a proportional representation of students of group X in the top of the class of graduates is evidence of discrimination, then the unpleasant, but realistic answer may be that the incoming preparation, as shown by their incoming grades, of group X was below average, and their performance is consistent with students of other groups with the same incoming grades.

Even saying this as diplomatically as possible is no doubt going to rile people up. Amy Wax seems to not care much regardless.

Yeah, but I don't think Wax said anything like that.

I agree that a hard truth is a hard truth----like white privilege.  White privilege is a truth that makes a lot of irrationally angry people.  It's how you use it.

But while she has some ideas which bear listening to, I think her understanding is also so limited and idealistic that it can only make people angry.

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Tennessee Triples Down on Targeting 'Divisive Concepts'

Republican lawmakers in multiple states have listed and taken aim at certain theories or beliefs that they often associate with pushes for diversity, equity and inclusion.

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Tennessee Triples Down on Targeting 'Divisive Concepts'

Republican lawmakers in multiple states have listed and taken aim at certain theories or beliefs that they often associate with pushes for diversity, equity and inclusion.

Ah yes:  Pro white christian male