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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5 days
As everyone knows, when a university hires new faculty, they just stack all their credentials up in a row and whichever one is highest gets the job. Easy peasy.
Avatar The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 5 days
A lawsuit filed against Northwestern University opened a new front in the legal battle against affirmative action, alleging that its law school hires less-qualified people of color and women over White men for faculty positions in violation of federal anti-discrimination laws.
Lawsuit: Northwestern’s law school is biased against White men in hiringwapo.st The lawsuit, filed by a prominent attorney, alleges the university’s law school gives hiring preference to women and people of color.
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Nolan Zugernat @zugernat.bsky.social · 5 days
Before affirmative action it was always a pure, some might even say lily-white hiring process.
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Sactown Tim @sactowntim.bsky.social · 5 days
Or as I like to call it, "white affirmative action".
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Nolan Zugernat @zugernat.bsky.social · 5 days
Slavery and Jim Crow could be understood as “white affirmative action.”