Vicious Academic Liberals
by Walter E. Williams
Ward Connerly, former University of California Regent, has an article, "Study, Study, Study — A Bad Career Move" in the June 2, 2009 edition of Minding the Campus (www.mindingthecampus.com) that should raise any decent American's level of disgust for what's routinely practiced at most of our universities. Mr. Connerly tells of a conversation he had with a high-ranking UC administrator about a proposal that the administrator was developing to increase campus diversity. Connerly ...
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Posted by: Dena
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Wed Jun 24, 2009 3:06 PM
Unfortunately, most common sense in the US has been sacrificed at the alter of political correctness. It lifts my spirits to know that it DOES still exist- somewhere. Thank you Dr. Williams.
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Posted by: Scot Penslar
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Wed Jun 24, 2009 4:08 PM
When did ethnic "diversity" become a mantra? When did it become a value, an end in itself, something to be achieved and maintained -- even at the expense of ability and merit? The job of a university isn't to promote diversity on campus -- it's to promote learning. And if the most qualified, highest-achieving students happen to be disproportionately from certain groups -- well, so be it. So what if, 20 years from now, most of America's doctors, scientists and engineers are of Asian descent? Who cares, as long as they're the best people for the job?
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