Official Antisemitism Marks the Demise of Anthropology
…hate is mixed into this noxious brew. [Related: “University Professors Love ‘Social Justice’ and Critical Race Theory, but Hate Israel”] The AAA has seen fit to join the BDS movement…
…hate is mixed into this noxious brew. [Related: “University Professors Love ‘Social Justice’ and Critical Race Theory, but Hate Israel”] The AAA has seen fit to join the BDS movement…
…calculus, and using math to achieve social justice. [More from Wenyuan Wu: “Legalizing Discrimination in California—Take Two”] Others say that these equity-focused recommendations essentially “de-mathematize” math. Brian Conrad, Stanford professor…
…the notion that a short training seminar by an outside consulting group qualifies teachers to be instructing on complex and values-laden topics such as justice, equity, or social justice.” Developing…
…this learning objective: “Students will examine notions of justice amidst difference and analyze and critique how these interact with historically and socially constructed ideas of citizenship and membership within societies,…
…solve, the many real problems of grant review, NIH seems to be responding to social-justice pressures in ways that will make things worse—less science-based and more ideological. If nothing changes,…
…and Social Justice,” stated that “Our institutions and organizations are systematically infused with White supremacist bias” and that “… we also recognize the biased forces, beliefs and values deeply embedded…
…opposition from those focused on humanity’s persistent, rebellious nature, individual and social patterns of aggressive behavior, and the claims to free will and the uniqueness of the (human) mind. AI…
…are forms of white supremacy’ or ‘sex is a social construct.’ Shifting between an attractive, easily defensible claim and a much more controversial one is known to logicians as a…
…leaders in “social justice.” That set off alarm bells, since medical students are supposed to treat illnesses, not diagnose, much less cure, what ails society. Physicians simply have no agency…
…monomaniacal fixation on social and economic justice, they have cultivated an ever-increasing reliance on the exploited labor of “adjunct faculty,” who teach courses for a tiny fraction of what it…
…citation justice, although, based on her other comments, we can’t be sure. If she were not so preoccupied with social justice, Dr. McNutt might be able to spend some time…
…encouraged to think of themselves as women rather than as what they probably are: gay males. He is concerned that many of them will be pressured (by social contagion?) to…
…college was not. Similarly, a master’s in social work program at a for-profit college was considered vocational, but a master’s in business administration (MBA) program at a public college was…
…that these social justice-believing, American youngsters would be forced to grow up once they graduate, leave campus, and seek employment in the ‘real world.’ However, it now appears that the…
…sacrifice and religion, what these books ponder most of all is the fleeting and misunderstood concept of justice. Put another way, these texts circle democracy’s greatest dilemma. Since we’re all…
…be collective, apparently: “Scientific research is a social process … with many minds contributing.” To nail down his point, Thorp mocks Archimedes and Isaac Newton: “when old white guys with…
…personal information and offer videos, or even games, that rely heavily on the rhetoric of critical social justice. And for everyone else, from the state legislators to the “student affairs…
…and accessibility (DEIA) criteria in the evaluation and tenure review of all faculty members. [More from Wenyuan Wu: “Graduate Student Strikes: Reasonable Demands or Cosmic Justice?”] In 2023, the Academic…
…all their kindred who forward ideologies such as “social justice” and “community engagement,” and all the illiberal policies they enforce, are meant above all to remove from academia all critics…
…may appear, are what Thomas Sowell calls “the quest for cosmic justice.” Social justice proponents seek socially engineered outcomes that require specific, equalizing interventions to correct more than merely the…
…new college could be somewhat sheltered from the growing divisiveness of critical social justice under the guise of diversity, equity, and inclusion. The newly independent Academic Senate grounded the college…
…course, does it make a difference? A Turn to the Objective: How do we explain social and racial disparities? As an instructor of anthropology, I would likely de-emphasize the subjective…
…social, and political in its implications, it must mark its own trauma, coming and going like a hurricane. Mailer also had a gift for generic innovation, but even that was…
…and the public. [Related: “The Corruption of Science by Social Justice”] So, there we were, at our booth at the end of the first full day of the conference (March…
How social science has become social commentary It is well known that social science—psychology, sociology, and economics—has devolved into more than one hundred sub-specialties. Less well known is the result:…
…that could possibly justify a salary of, say, $125,000, travel and research funding, and ample benefits? [Related: “The Corruption of Science by Social Justice”] From the perspective of American society…
…Citation justice warriors point to such sociological causes as reasons why they need to form their own rival citation cartels for, say, blacks or homosexuals. Citation justice is, in this…
…kept objectivity and expertise front and center at all times. Without it, there is no rationality, reasoning, or even legitimate creative license (unlike “living” constitutionalism or various social justice activism…
…actually protect professors and students from social justice warriors. SJSU had adopted the Chicago Principles, yet it still retaliated against me for my views. Thus, I am currently suing the…
…their response was morally wrong. [Related: “The Corruption of Science by Social Justice”] Philosophy classes—or any liberal arts classes—at their best encourage vigorous debate and dialogue about truth claims. I…