Skimming thru this 250 page insurgent marching orders.... Who are these bitter agents of envy who sit around creating all this drivel. Psycho-babble made to appeal to emotional adolescents, with lofty and scholarly accoutrements. And just as the Marxist interrogators in the Hanoi Hilton did, they use guilt trips as their go-to weapon of choice to get their prisoners(the ignorant students) to sell out their country.
I wrote about my experiences at an Ivy League struggle session 15 years ago. It’s gotten exponentially worse since then. Keep turning the tide, or most smart families will no longer send their kids to these Maoist indoctrination camps. https://yuribezmenov.substack.com/p/how-to-groom-commissars
“A key difference between the Marxist Left and everyone else is that the Marxist Left is willing to destroy the institution it's trying to take over if they can't have it, while no normal person is willing to take that risk.” —James Lindsay
It isn’t ‘systemic racism’ the Left is fighting (even if it existed), it’s the ‘white majority’ they despise. This crazy leftist movement has more names and disguises than the Devil, which makes it more difficult to fight
Like the food chain, human society exists on levels that serve higher levels. We know families are the core of a society, for they form communities, which in turn congregate as "tribes" to form a nation that can serve the world.
"Race" is a bit of a social construct, for the only real "race" is the Human Race, and we all share 99% of the same DNA. It is that 1% difference that determines colors of skin, eyes, hair, etc. Consequent to the "great migration" originating in South Africa that has populated the Earth, those similarities of that 1% have resulted in the major tribal identities of African, West Asian, East Asian/Native American, and European cultures that have migrated to fill the planet. (Australian aboriginal only went that far.)
Unique to North America is the coming together of these migratory tribal cultures. While we should all be working together to form one great nation to serve the world, we are still bickering over the dominance of one tribal identity over another.
Thus, on the form that asks for "race" we should be filling out "Human" - perhaps with a further, and less important, indication of tribal cultural affiliation - African, European, Native American, etc.
Which box do my biracial grandchildren check? Checking the "other" box certainly diminishes the validity of their identity, and checking one of the major tribal boxes then asks them to deny part of their ancestry as insignificant.
Let's overcome these divisive "tribal" labels and work together to form the "e pluribus unum" principle on a national level.
This is horrifying reading. How can such insanity prevail in what are supposed to be institutions of higher learning. Thank you for your excellent work dragging this madness into the light.
My greatest hope is that all these "equity" pushers take their children to doctors who received their degrees because of "equity", fly on planes flown by pilots who are in the cockpit because of "equity", and get any surgeries by surgeons promoted bc of "equity".
“White people have to come to the forefront and stop the systemic system that’s been put into play by white people.”
What ARE these people smoking when they write this stuff. This sentence is nonsensical....the 'systemic system?' Aren't ALL systems, but nature, FREAKIN SYSTEMIC????
I recommend people watch Immaculée Ilibagiza talk about what happened in Rwanda, how neighbor turned willing to kill neighbor. It is where our “racist” infatuations will/have led. Man should be treated/judged based on his behaviors. Group think/mentality often leaves the observer wondering who forgot to bring the brain.
One of the problems I see with this approach: Resistance to DEI is interpreted as evidence that the proponents are going in the right direction, that there is indeed a latent inter-group conflict that is being brought to light by growing revolutionary consciousness, and that conflict is the cause of people resisting DEI measures.
When I see these sorts of programs in California arts organizations and local government, they are similar to what is described here. But the proponents see what they are doing as beneficial and as as insufficiently radical, as not going far enough. And one of the reasons given is that people disagree with the already instituted measures.
This makes me skeptical that a battle of ideas will be effective in reducing the power of this political movement. Is there a way around this impasse?
Why do people go there? There are other Universities....online. Lobby Federal and State bodies to complain. Taking the income stream away is best antidote to stupidity.
Universities are a vital part of this. But certainly it isn’t just historic institutions like universities that are currently implementing DEI policies. In Davis, California, we have these policies at at least these levels of organization:
Yolo County Government
Yolo County Library
Community Clinic
Yolo County Food Bank
City of Davis Government
City of Davis Arts Commission
University of California at Davis
Humanities Division
Various Arts Departments
Davis Joint School District
Davis School Arts Foundation
Yolo (County) Arts Commission
Local Arts Non-profit Organizations: Theatre companies, galleries, dance studios, music ensembles, etc.
Local Newspaper
Regional Newspaper
Davis Community Media Center
I don’t want to abandon any of these levels of organization. So I would love to see an action plan for addressing this at all these levels. My questions are 1) Has anyone formulated a comprehensive suite of policies to replace existing DEI policies at all significant organizational levels in a city? and 2) If not, would it be an effective action plan to compose such a suite of policies and present them to the relevant administrators? and 3) If this would not be effective, what are the alternative steps people can take to introduce leadership across these administrative levels that would implement better policies?
Skimming thru this 250 page insurgent marching orders.... Who are these bitter agents of envy who sit around creating all this drivel. Psycho-babble made to appeal to emotional adolescents, with lofty and scholarly accoutrements. And just as the Marxist interrogators in the Hanoi Hilton did, they use guilt trips as their go-to weapon of choice to get their prisoners(the ignorant students) to sell out their country.
I wrote about my experiences at an Ivy League struggle session 15 years ago. It’s gotten exponentially worse since then. Keep turning the tide, or most smart families will no longer send their kids to these Maoist indoctrination camps. https://yuribezmenov.substack.com/p/how-to-groom-commissars
“A key difference between the Marxist Left and everyone else is that the Marxist Left is willing to destroy the institution it's trying to take over if they can't have it, while no normal person is willing to take that risk.” —James Lindsay
It isn’t ‘systemic racism’ the Left is fighting (even if it existed), it’s the ‘white majority’ they despise. This crazy leftist movement has more names and disguises than the Devil, which makes it more difficult to fight
This happened 4 years ago to my sorority Tri Delta. In the name of anti racism, racist ideals were implemented in a program called LEADDD.
Like the food chain, human society exists on levels that serve higher levels. We know families are the core of a society, for they form communities, which in turn congregate as "tribes" to form a nation that can serve the world.
"Race" is a bit of a social construct, for the only real "race" is the Human Race, and we all share 99% of the same DNA. It is that 1% difference that determines colors of skin, eyes, hair, etc. Consequent to the "great migration" originating in South Africa that has populated the Earth, those similarities of that 1% have resulted in the major tribal identities of African, West Asian, East Asian/Native American, and European cultures that have migrated to fill the planet. (Australian aboriginal only went that far.)
Unique to North America is the coming together of these migratory tribal cultures. While we should all be working together to form one great nation to serve the world, we are still bickering over the dominance of one tribal identity over another.
Thus, on the form that asks for "race" we should be filling out "Human" - perhaps with a further, and less important, indication of tribal cultural affiliation - African, European, Native American, etc.
Which box do my biracial grandchildren check? Checking the "other" box certainly diminishes the validity of their identity, and checking one of the major tribal boxes then asks them to deny part of their ancestry as insignificant.
Let's overcome these divisive "tribal" labels and work together to form the "e pluribus unum" principle on a national level.
This is horrifying reading. How can such insanity prevail in what are supposed to be institutions of higher learning. Thank you for your excellent work dragging this madness into the light.
DEI = God ( in Latin), The acronym used for equity seems to be purposeful, subliminal 'replacement verbiage.'
My greatest hope is that all these "equity" pushers take their children to doctors who received their degrees because of "equity", fly on planes flown by pilots who are in the cockpit because of "equity", and get any surgeries by surgeons promoted bc of "equity".
You need to live your principles!
“White people have to come to the forefront and stop the systemic system that’s been put into play by white people.”
What ARE these people smoking when they write this stuff. This sentence is nonsensical....the 'systemic system?' Aren't ALL systems, but nature, FREAKIN SYSTEMIC????
Glorious people's culture revolution, make it woke
I recommend people watch Immaculée Ilibagiza talk about what happened in Rwanda, how neighbor turned willing to kill neighbor. It is where our “racist” infatuations will/have led. Man should be treated/judged based on his behaviors. Group think/mentality often leaves the observer wondering who forgot to bring the brain.
One of the problems I see with this approach: Resistance to DEI is interpreted as evidence that the proponents are going in the right direction, that there is indeed a latent inter-group conflict that is being brought to light by growing revolutionary consciousness, and that conflict is the cause of people resisting DEI measures.
When I see these sorts of programs in California arts organizations and local government, they are similar to what is described here. But the proponents see what they are doing as beneficial and as as insufficiently radical, as not going far enough. And one of the reasons given is that people disagree with the already instituted measures.
This makes me skeptical that a battle of ideas will be effective in reducing the power of this political movement. Is there a way around this impasse?
Why do people go there? There are other Universities....online. Lobby Federal and State bodies to complain. Taking the income stream away is best antidote to stupidity.
If you guys haven't checked it out, go to ChatGPT and ask it about DEI and other Marxist stuff... it's addicting.
Universities are a vital part of this. But certainly it isn’t just historic institutions like universities that are currently implementing DEI policies. In Davis, California, we have these policies at at least these levels of organization:
Yolo County Government
Yolo County Library
Community Clinic
Yolo County Food Bank
City of Davis Government
City of Davis Arts Commission
University of California at Davis
Humanities Division
Various Arts Departments
Davis Joint School District
Davis School Arts Foundation
Yolo (County) Arts Commission
Local Arts Non-profit Organizations: Theatre companies, galleries, dance studios, music ensembles, etc.
Local Newspaper
Regional Newspaper
Davis Community Media Center
I don’t want to abandon any of these levels of organization. So I would love to see an action plan for addressing this at all these levels. My questions are 1) Has anyone formulated a comprehensive suite of policies to replace existing DEI policies at all significant organizational levels in a city? and 2) If not, would it be an effective action plan to compose such a suite of policies and present them to the relevant administrators? and 3) If this would not be effective, what are the alternative steps people can take to introduce leadership across these administrative levels that would implement better policies?