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Honestly colleges are some of the most discriminatory against Asians. There do need to be some changes here.
Don’t mistake this as me defending Trump - I’m saying this as an aside to the article here. Colleges are racially discriminatory and it’s kind of bad. It’s not just trying to propel underrepresented people, but it’s actively discriminating against others.
I think this is the wrong time to be having that argument. Particularly since the issue here isn’t truly admissions criteria. It’s about crushing dissent. I don’t love Harvard for a lot of other reasons, but we can talk about that maybe after the wannabe dictator is dealt with.
I don’t know if you read the article or not, but this is very clearly about race here. They mention DEI and “merit-based reform” which is directly pointing at admission practices.
Yeah, there’s some free speech shit sprinkled in there too - but it directly mentions the subject I am talking about as well.
Yes, I know the overarching subject matter is that the administration is pissed off about people protesting on behalf of Palestine, but the topic of my reply is clearly an integral part of the article as well.
Affirmative action was banned. No demand is about affirmative action. Plus, “The announcement went on to suggest that Harvard had not done enough to curb antisemitism on campus.”, meaning Trump wants Harvard to curb Palestinian activism—discriminate against West Asian activism.
I don’t think there is any coherent demand they could meet here. Columbia met the demands, and instead of a restoration of funding, they just got more demands.
This is about giving up on the idea that any kind of truth or authority derives from knowledge or research. Not any kind of narrow request to engage in a particular kind of discrimination.
I didn’t mean to say that “curb antisemitism” was their only demand either.
Yeah. I don’t think it’s any kind of finite demand list though; more of an open-ended ask for unlimited support for Trump and Musk’s whims.
Some of the actions that the Trump administration demanded of Harvard were:
Conducting plagiarism checks on all current and prospective faculty members.
Sharing all its hiring data with the Trump administration, and subjecting itself to audits of its hiring while “reforms are being implemented,” at least through 2028.
Providing all admissions data to the federal government, including information on both rejected and admitted applicants, sorted by race, national origin, grade-point average and performance on standardized tests.
Immediately shutting down any programming related to diversity, equity and inclusion.
So uh…calling bullshit. “No demand is about affirmative action.” my ass. Did you even read the article?
I did read that, but I didn’t realize that indicated the federal government would use it to check for affirmative action until you emphasized it. Sorry, subtext can be hard to pick up on the first read. I doubt that they would find anything new that’s discriminatory, though. Like I said, SCOTUS already banned affirmative action (only exception being military academies).
Also, DEI is not about affirmative action, and I don’t see how plagiarism checks are related.
