For John, BLUF: How do we, in this age of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, pick for talent to do a job? In New York City the Mayor is asking for photos of job applicants to ensure Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Nothing to see here; just move along.
This item is from eleven months ago, but nothing suggests things are better.
From Campus Reform, by Kate Anderson, 8 September 2021, 11:07 AM.
Here is the lede plus three:
Professors at top American universities are criticizing the merit system in academia, arguing the concept is a 'barrier' to realizing DEI outcomes.My question is, how do we wring progress from a system that does not reward excellence? Would a system that accepted mediocracy have given us the Salk Polio Vaccine or Neil Armstrong on the Moon?? Would we today have Facebookr iPhones?'Campus Reform' spoke with one professor who criticized merit pay for its effect on the 'gender gap in bonus pay.
Professors from the University of Arizona and the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs are arguing that "success and merit" are "barriers" to the equity agenda.
“Admitting that the normative definitions of success and merit are in and of themselves barriers to achieving the goals of justice, diversity, equity and inclusion is necessary but not sufficient to create change,” professors Beth Mitchneck and Jessi L. Smith recently wrote for Inside Higher Education.'
The companion question has to do with our form of government. If our form of government is based on Western European (British) ideas of merit and hard work and majority rule, and is thus anathema, what is an acceptable replacement? Is it the Chinese Social Credit System?♠ Perhaps it is the strong man system of an Idi Amin? This is not a question we should stumble into blindly.
Hat tip to the InstaPundit.
Regards — Cliff
♠ The Wikipedia writeup seems to be downplaying the undesirable aspects of the system, perhaps to placate the Chinese Government.
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