<story><title>Mandated diversity statement drives Jonathan Haidt to quit academic society</title><url>https://reason.com/2022/09/30/mandated-diversity-statement-drives-jonathan-haidt-to-quit-academic-society/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>brightball</author><text>He’s right to do so. Statements that your research must be presented with a filter based on how it will advance political goals calls into question the integrity of all research. When people don’t “trust the science” this will be why.&lt;p&gt;But further, I’d never seen the statement from antiracist before…wow. The idea that the only cure for discrimination is discrimination is akin to saying the only cure for violence is violence. It’s abject insanity that such a notion is being advanced in society.&lt;p&gt;The cure for discrimination is forgiveness. The cure for violence is forgiveness. The cure for hatred is forgiveness.&lt;p&gt;The only way anything stops is for people to have the humility and wisdom to say “this will stop with me.”</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>rayiner</author><text>&amp;gt; But further, I’d never seen the statement from antiracist before…wow. The idea that the only cure for discrimination is discrimination is akin to saying the only cure for violence is violence. It’s abject insanity that such a notion is being advanced in society.&lt;p&gt;Kendi is just advocating for a system of racial preferences administered by &amp;quot;good white people.&amp;quot; That&amp;#x27;s been a hobby horse of a segment of the political left since the Nixon administration. Decades later, it still remains unpopular even among the minorities it is supposed to help: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.pewsocialtrends.org&amp;#x2F;2019&amp;#x2F;05&amp;#x2F;08&amp;#x2F;americans-see-advantages-and-challenges-in-countrys-growing-racial-and-ethnic-diversity&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.pewsocialtrends.org&amp;#x2F;2019&amp;#x2F;05&amp;#x2F;08&amp;#x2F;americans-see-adv...&lt;/a&gt;. But center left think tanks and advocacy organizations won&amp;#x27;t let it go. Even the most liberal state in the country defeating it resoundingly won&amp;#x27;t dissuade them: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.americanprogress.org&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;california-not-bellwether-affirmative-action&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.americanprogress.org&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;california-not-bell...&lt;/a&gt;. So keep expecting it to pop up in different guises until they manage to get their way.</text></comment>
<story><title>Mandated diversity statement drives Jonathan Haidt to quit academic society</title><url>https://reason.com/2022/09/30/mandated-diversity-statement-drives-jonathan-haidt-to-quit-academic-society/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>brightball</author><text>He’s right to do so. Statements that your research must be presented with a filter based on how it will advance political goals calls into question the integrity of all research. When people don’t “trust the science” this will be why.&lt;p&gt;But further, I’d never seen the statement from antiracist before…wow. The idea that the only cure for discrimination is discrimination is akin to saying the only cure for violence is violence. It’s abject insanity that such a notion is being advanced in society.&lt;p&gt;The cure for discrimination is forgiveness. The cure for violence is forgiveness. The cure for hatred is forgiveness.&lt;p&gt;The only way anything stops is for people to have the humility and wisdom to say “this will stop with me.”</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>that_guy_iain</author><text>&amp;gt; He’s right to do so. Statements that your research must be presented with a filter based on how it will advance political goals calls into question the integrity of all research. When people don’t “trust the science” this will be why.&lt;p&gt;When I started to read it, I thought it would be about making a statement about how we should be diverse. Not that he would have to present only science that is about diversity.&lt;p&gt;The second I read there would be a litmus test for studies I was right onboard with him quitting.</text></comment>