Note, all the DEI programs are merely weaponized agitation points put forward by white progressives to attack all other white people who disagree with them.
I've been tracking the ideological cancer called "Critical Studies" since at least the Sokal Hoax and one of the more bizarre aspects to me is how all of these obviously political programs (poorly) disguised as scholarship have never once been checked by even the reddest of states and their representatives, but only ever rubber-stamped (or ignored and allowed to fester, which amounts to the same thing).
My various theories are: since this has always been a stealth political program that had to conceal its longer-term goals, and also conceal the boiling hot hatred that sits at the heart of its project, they had to take the first steps of their Long March quietly, and probably use various tricks to hide their budgets and syllabi; because the one tactic or idea the Crit Theorists are expert at is playing victim and shrieking "Bigot! Your genociding me!" any time they face a hurdle or disagreement, fighting them is like fighting a skunk, you're guaranteed to get sprayed w stink; and building on the last point, fighting these Official Defenders of the Oppressed™ will always read as callous bigotry to outsiders or anyone who takes their claims of Social Justice at face value, thus it just wasn't worth the hassle or the reputational damage (even rich Texan trustees have wives and daughters who don't want to be told their hubby or dad is a "Racist").
Thus here we are: the Long March is complete and the old 1776 Enlightenment-rooted America is pretty close to being suffocated to death by Repressive Tolerance.
What happens when a formerly liberal democracy gets hijacked by a religious cult that has conquered its entire culture, media and means of knowledge-production? I don't know but we're about to find out...
I appreciate you Chris! Texas A&M’s DEI Department is larger than UT DEI Department right now. It’s a cancer that’s infected nearly all of our public institutions. Choking off the money supply is like chemo for communism and it can’t happen quick enough.
DEI is the new woke religion. The left has always been an ardent supporter of the separation of public institutions and religion. Therefore, DEI should not be part of any public institution. Any government funds going to DEI is a violation of the woke’s obligation to support the separation of church and state. The ouroboros should be their logo.
"...to work on “undermining the system of oppression and privilege that hurts all of us.”
No, let's be honest about your goal UT - it is to UNDERMINE the entire system upon which this country was built, which, imperfect as it was, still offers more opportunities, more freedom, and more respect of individual civil rights than any other country in the history of the world!
Trying re-phrasing your goal honestly and adding the disclaimer that you think you are the smartest people in the room and therefore should be given free reign to dismantle, and then "rebuild" the world according to YOUR vision, which has failed every single time it has been tried!
At the end of the day, we simply cannot overcome the fallen nature of man and must instead figure out a way to live within the confines of reality and truth!
It is really unbelievable, except that it is only too believable. This garbage seems to be taking over education at all levels. How does a professor get away with saying something as ridiculous as “white supremacy is so pernicious . . . it is responsible for virtually every ill that we see within our communities.” Whitey isn't making nearly 75% of black births be to a single mother. Whitey isn't making black students call their academically oriented classmates "Oreos," as they did at the integrated public schools I went to. Whitey isn't making black high school students spend, on average, half as much time doing homework as white students and only a quarter as much time as their Asian counterparts. Utter garbage and the Texas taxpayers are paying for it and the students are paying tuition to be told fairy tales.
Chris this appalling! This is a racist institution, and an abomination to call itself a higher learning education. How much do they pay to be taught such drivel? It is no wonder that gen z generation is so depressed and anxious and completely lost if this is perspective of the world they are being taught! It should be shut down and rebuilt. Is this what we want for our youth?
I identify as King of France, pronoun His Majesty. kiss the ring and validate Us, peasants.
What? You don't like the word "peasant"? Why, it is not hateful, peasant, like the word "cis." It simply means someone who is not born of noble blood, just like someone who is not trans is "cis." Why do you hate Us, peasant? Kiss the ring and validate Us. We are an oppressed minority since 1792. This invalidation is actual violence, We feel unsafe
Nothing new. What major Universities have not created a Totalitarian DEI bureaucracy? Second question: What concrete actions are taking place on a large scale to counter the Progressive onslaught?
Lots of well thought out reason directed at the problem, but no Aggressive counter attack is in the works with an equally aggressive time frame for implementation.
This is why we spent two weeks in Italy looks at schools with our son even though we live in Austin. UT is shot through with pure evil. It’s rotting. Chris if you can induce these politicians to attack this poison who would otherwise prefer to ignore it so they can stare their alumni rings and enjoy football games, you will be accomplishing an act of amazing heroism.
The university is also, like most, radically over staffed. They can fire 80% of the administration and I’m certain the product would improve.
I have made similar remarks on other Substack threads so bear with me when I submit that when emotions and feelings are used to access and filter information rather than objective criteria, this is the result. Phobias have been invented to label those not wishing to join in the DEI emotional parade. Clearly there are those who like the fat pay envelope given the sums of money being spent on these programs that do not add value to a degree program. How does knowing the tenants of "land acknowledgement" make one a better engineer, chemist, or mathematician?
DEI is truly the American Marxist cancer metastasizing all across American culture and institutions. It must be fought and defeated at all levels.
Note, all the DEI programs are merely weaponized agitation points put forward by white progressives to attack all other white people who disagree with them.
I've been tracking the ideological cancer called "Critical Studies" since at least the Sokal Hoax and one of the more bizarre aspects to me is how all of these obviously political programs (poorly) disguised as scholarship have never once been checked by even the reddest of states and their representatives, but only ever rubber-stamped (or ignored and allowed to fester, which amounts to the same thing).
My various theories are: since this has always been a stealth political program that had to conceal its longer-term goals, and also conceal the boiling hot hatred that sits at the heart of its project, they had to take the first steps of their Long March quietly, and probably use various tricks to hide their budgets and syllabi; because the one tactic or idea the Crit Theorists are expert at is playing victim and shrieking "Bigot! Your genociding me!" any time they face a hurdle or disagreement, fighting them is like fighting a skunk, you're guaranteed to get sprayed w stink; and building on the last point, fighting these Official Defenders of the Oppressed™ will always read as callous bigotry to outsiders or anyone who takes their claims of Social Justice at face value, thus it just wasn't worth the hassle or the reputational damage (even rich Texan trustees have wives and daughters who don't want to be told their hubby or dad is a "Racist").
Thus here we are: the Long March is complete and the old 1776 Enlightenment-rooted America is pretty close to being suffocated to death by Repressive Tolerance.
What happens when a formerly liberal democracy gets hijacked by a religious cult that has conquered its entire culture, media and means of knowledge-production? I don't know but we're about to find out...
U Michigan DIE annual budget is something like $16M. Insanity.
I appreciate you Chris! Texas A&M’s DEI Department is larger than UT DEI Department right now. It’s a cancer that’s infected nearly all of our public institutions. Choking off the money supply is like chemo for communism and it can’t happen quick enough.
DEI is the new woke religion. The left has always been an ardent supporter of the separation of public institutions and religion. Therefore, DEI should not be part of any public institution. Any government funds going to DEI is a violation of the woke’s obligation to support the separation of church and state. The ouroboros should be their logo.
"...to work on “undermining the system of oppression and privilege that hurts all of us.”
No, let's be honest about your goal UT - it is to UNDERMINE the entire system upon which this country was built, which, imperfect as it was, still offers more opportunities, more freedom, and more respect of individual civil rights than any other country in the history of the world!
Trying re-phrasing your goal honestly and adding the disclaimer that you think you are the smartest people in the room and therefore should be given free reign to dismantle, and then "rebuild" the world according to YOUR vision, which has failed every single time it has been tried!
At the end of the day, we simply cannot overcome the fallen nature of man and must instead figure out a way to live within the confines of reality and truth!
Great work Chris, exposing this illegal program that violates student rights.
It is really unbelievable, except that it is only too believable. This garbage seems to be taking over education at all levels. How does a professor get away with saying something as ridiculous as “white supremacy is so pernicious . . . it is responsible for virtually every ill that we see within our communities.” Whitey isn't making nearly 75% of black births be to a single mother. Whitey isn't making black students call their academically oriented classmates "Oreos," as they did at the integrated public schools I went to. Whitey isn't making black high school students spend, on average, half as much time doing homework as white students and only a quarter as much time as their Asian counterparts. Utter garbage and the Texas taxpayers are paying for it and the students are paying tuition to be told fairy tales.
Thank you, Mr. Rufo, for exposing this evil darkness. Let us cry out to God like Azariah in the fire in Daniel 3:26-90.
Chris this appalling! This is a racist institution, and an abomination to call itself a higher learning education. How much do they pay to be taught such drivel? It is no wonder that gen z generation is so depressed and anxious and completely lost if this is perspective of the world they are being taught! It should be shut down and rebuilt. Is this what we want for our youth?
I’ve always enjoyed listening to you & now reading your articles.
I identify as King of France, pronoun His Majesty. kiss the ring and validate Us, peasants.
What? You don't like the word "peasant"? Why, it is not hateful, peasant, like the word "cis." It simply means someone who is not born of noble blood, just like someone who is not trans is "cis." Why do you hate Us, peasant? Kiss the ring and validate Us. We are an oppressed minority since 1792. This invalidation is actual violence, We feel unsafe
Nothing new. What major Universities have not created a Totalitarian DEI bureaucracy? Second question: What concrete actions are taking place on a large scale to counter the Progressive onslaught?
Lots of well thought out reason directed at the problem, but no Aggressive counter attack is in the works with an equally aggressive time frame for implementation.
This is why we spent two weeks in Italy looks at schools with our son even though we live in Austin. UT is shot through with pure evil. It’s rotting. Chris if you can induce these politicians to attack this poison who would otherwise prefer to ignore it so they can stare their alumni rings and enjoy football games, you will be accomplishing an act of amazing heroism.
The university is also, like most, radically over staffed. They can fire 80% of the administration and I’m certain the product would improve.
I have made similar remarks on other Substack threads so bear with me when I submit that when emotions and feelings are used to access and filter information rather than objective criteria, this is the result. Phobias have been invented to label those not wishing to join in the DEI emotional parade. Clearly there are those who like the fat pay envelope given the sums of money being spent on these programs that do not add value to a degree program. How does knowing the tenants of "land acknowledgement" make one a better engineer, chemist, or mathematician?