alt Hacker NewsNobody claims that political appointments are "merit based." They're by definition political. But university admissions and employment are supposed to be merit based, not political.
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Qworg • today at 1:42 PM
The person picking them does? We're told continuously how tremendously smart and wonderful they are.
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> But university admissions and employment are supposed to be merit based, not political.
University admissions were not part of the DEI movement, they were part of the affirmative action movement. By conflating the two you’re unfairly grouping things of different types to tear them down together.