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Heather Mac Donald joins senior editor Mark Bauerlein to discuss her latest book, “The Diversity Delusion: How Race and Gender Pandering Corrupt the University and Undermine Our Culture.”
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Forget about how racial quotas and lower standards are a threat to our competitiveness.
Racial quotas and lower standards in medical school and hospital hiring are a threat to our lives.
A slight clarification: If a minority is over represented in some field, that is never considered discriminatory. The logic is, heads I win, tails you lose.
For example, African-Americans constitute 30% of postal workers; or, more than double their representation in the population.
Similarly, it’s not considered a problem if women overwhelmingly dominate certain fields of medicine. Only the few fields where men dominate are considered a problem to be solved.
Agree @taras. The Chinese, the Indians, etc do not and will not care about racial quotas. Love to hear from Heather MacDonald as always. She is beyond a breath of fresh air and (due to global climate change no doubt) has become a hurricane force wind.