John Hinderaker:
Harvard thinks it has a duty to combat racism. But why? Are there a lot of racists on Harvard’s faculty, or in its administration? If so, they should be fired. But of course, that isn’t what they mean. It is “systemic racism”—racism in the air—that they are combatting through their superior virtue. This is why Harvard and so many other institutions have engaged for many years in affirmative action, DEI, in other words, race discrimination. They do it to reverse the effects of “systemic”—i.e., non-existent—racism. Discriminatory policies on Harvard’s part are a sign of virtue.
# posted by Ranger @ 8:06 PM
