PoliticalChic
Diamond Member
The question advanced in this thread is similar to the often-discussed one about whether Lincoln defended the nation from the attack by the South, to maintain a United States, or to end slavery. And the relative importance of each motivation.
The recent Heather MacDonald article in the Wall Street Journal juxtaposes whether racial quotas are as, or more, important than science.
“The NIH’s Diversity Obsession Subverts Science
A project to understand the brain becomes a futile effort to make up for educational disparities.”
Opinion | The NIH’s Diversity Obsession Subverts Science
For context, let’s remember that our existential foe, China, in the battle for science superiority, is ruthlessly meritocratic. If your laboratory is all male, or all female or all white or black…..why does it matter in the pursuit of excellence?
1.”On June 10, NIH director Francis Collins announced a new requirement for participating in the brain initiative. Neurologists, molecular biologists and nanophysicists seeking NIH funding must now submit a plan showing how they will “enhance diverse perspectives” [that means racial quotas] throughout their research. Scores on the “plan for enhancing diverse perspectives” will inform funding decisions [bean counters will check skin color before you get any $].
This new requirement is part of Dr. Collins’s continuing effort to atone for what he calls biomedical science’s “stain” of “structural racism.” The NIH already supports more than 60 “diversity and inclusion initiatives,” but those have apparently failed to eradicate NIH’s own “systemic and structural racism.”
[Read this thread and you will realize that there is no such stain of 'systemic racism.']
…must show how the principal investigator will
Opinion | The NIH’s Diversity Obsession Subverts Science
2. And now, in black and white….pun intended….we have the proof that one need not be smart to head a science organization like The National Institutes of Health. Somehow, according to this dunce, Collins, having just the right rations of all the authorized groups, we will find the answers….the scientific answers….to all of our problems… including treatments for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, autism and depression.
3. What passes for thinking on Collin’s part is the very same one finds when questioning any Liberal to prove the contentions of the party, that chimera, ‘systemic racism.’
Like this one:
“White Privilege is evident in the distribution of wealth and power in America, historically-based and perpetuated via laws, educational advantages, inherited wealth, Good Ol' Boy networks, racial prejudices, etc., but some Whites are disgruntled because they do not believe they share in it.” The Myth Of White Privilege post #77
Any distribution is based on a hundred decisions and behaviors, not racism.
Another lie….there are no such laws in America.
3. Rebuttal from an actual genius:
"If there were a contest for the most stupid idea in politics, my choice would be the assumption that people would be evenly or randomly distributed in incomes, institutions, occupations or awards, in the absence of somebody doing somebody wrong."
Thomas Sowell - The Dumbest Idea
Heather MacDonald explains the disproportions with real data, in the following posts.
The recent Heather MacDonald article in the Wall Street Journal juxtaposes whether racial quotas are as, or more, important than science.
“The NIH’s Diversity Obsession Subverts Science
A project to understand the brain becomes a futile effort to make up for educational disparities.”
Opinion | The NIH’s Diversity Obsession Subverts Science
For context, let’s remember that our existential foe, China, in the battle for science superiority, is ruthlessly meritocratic. If your laboratory is all male, or all female or all white or black…..why does it matter in the pursuit of excellence?
1.”On June 10, NIH director Francis Collins announced a new requirement for participating in the brain initiative. Neurologists, molecular biologists and nanophysicists seeking NIH funding must now submit a plan showing how they will “enhance diverse perspectives” [that means racial quotas] throughout their research. Scores on the “plan for enhancing diverse perspectives” will inform funding decisions [bean counters will check skin color before you get any $].
This new requirement is part of Dr. Collins’s continuing effort to atone for what he calls biomedical science’s “stain” of “structural racism.” The NIH already supports more than 60 “diversity and inclusion initiatives,” but those have apparently failed to eradicate NIH’s own “systemic and structural racism.”
[Read this thread and you will realize that there is no such stain of 'systemic racism.']
…must show how the principal investigator will
Opinion | The NIH’s Diversity Obsession Subverts Science
2. And now, in black and white….pun intended….we have the proof that one need not be smart to head a science organization like The National Institutes of Health. Somehow, according to this dunce, Collins, having just the right rations of all the authorized groups, we will find the answers….the scientific answers….to all of our problems… including treatments for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, autism and depression.
3. What passes for thinking on Collin’s part is the very same one finds when questioning any Liberal to prove the contentions of the party, that chimera, ‘systemic racism.’
Like this one:
“White Privilege is evident in the distribution of wealth and power in America, historically-based and perpetuated via laws, educational advantages, inherited wealth, Good Ol' Boy networks, racial prejudices, etc., but some Whites are disgruntled because they do not believe they share in it.” The Myth Of White Privilege post #77
Any distribution is based on a hundred decisions and behaviors, not racism.
Another lie….there are no such laws in America.
3. Rebuttal from an actual genius:
"If there were a contest for the most stupid idea in politics, my choice would be the assumption that people would be evenly or randomly distributed in incomes, institutions, occupations or awards, in the absence of somebody doing somebody wrong."
Thomas Sowell - The Dumbest Idea
Heather MacDonald explains the disproportions with real data, in the following posts.