{"id":364041,"date":"2021-11-08T06:12:53","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T03:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/we-cant-support-a-school-that-caved-to-woke-mentality\/"},"modified":"2021-11-08T06:12:53","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T03:12:53","slug":"we-cant-support-a-school-that-caved-to-woke-mentality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/we-cant-support-a-school-that-caved-to-woke-mentality\/","title":{"rendered":"#We can&#8217;t support a school that caved to woke mentality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#We can&#8217;t support a school that caved to woke mentality<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>We graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Technology<\/a> more than 50 years ago. MIT was academically rigorous, and it taught us our crafts and the essence of problem-solving, enabling us to thrive in our careers. We owe much to our alma mater and have donated to it regularly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>No more.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The current MIT administration has caved repeatedly to the demands of \u201cwokeness,\u201d treating its students unfairly, compromising the quality of its staff, and damaging the institution and academic freedom at large.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We object to MIT\u2019s politically correct measures, including the firing of its Catholic chaplain.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the early days of the George Floyd protests, before the details of Floyd\u2019s death were clear, Father Daniel Moloney sent a letter outlining his thoughts on the event to the university\u2019s Catholic community. It was a sincere examination of con<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> from a person whose job it was to examine conscience, yet it prompted his im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>te dismissal. MIT\u2019s leadership <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>arently took umbrage at his statement of these simple facts: that George Floyd \u201chad not lived a virtuous life\u201d (based on his multiple criminal convictions) and that \u201cmost people in the country have framed [Floyd\u2019s death] as an act of racism. I don\u2019t think we know that.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/MIT.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is the latest college to give in to woke students.\" class=\"wp-image-20065554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/MIT.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/MIT.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/MIT.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is the latest college to give in to woke students.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Adam Glanzman\/Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Moloney did not present these statements as justification for Floyd\u2019s death; to the contrary, his letter begins, \u201cGeorge Floyd was killed by a police officer, and shouldn\u2019t have been.\u201d But MIT found the letter intolerable and fired the chaplain. (We are not Catholic, by the way, but believe fairness transcends religion.)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We also deplore MIT\u2019s new mandatory diversity training. In the autumn of 2020, MIT sent an e-mail to new and current students informing them that they would be unable to register for spring classes if they failed to undergo wokeness instruction. In the e-mail, MIT outlined two required trainings: one on \u201cDiversity, Equity and Inclusion,\u201d and the other entitled \u201cSexual Assault Prevention Ongoing: Healthy Relationships.\u201d The compulsory videos contain deftly worded but fatuous questions implying that straight white males are at the \u201cintersection\u201d of all oppressive behaviors. Everyone else is an oppressed victim, with extra points for being a member of multiple minority groups. Thus, the concept of \u201cintersectionality\u201d is a kind of conspiracy theory of victimization.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/daniel-moloney.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"MIT fired Catholic chaplain Father Daniel Moloney over a statement he made about the death of George Floyd.\" class=\"wp-image-20065548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/daniel-moloney.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/daniel-moloney.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/daniel-moloney.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>MIT fired Catholic chaplain Father Daniel Moloney over a statement he made about the death of George Floyd.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">YouTube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The most vivid illustration of how far the university has sunk is the disgraceful cancellation of University of Chicago professor Dorian Abbot. When MIT invited the distinguished geophysicist to give a public lecture, he seemed a natural choice, \u201ca scientific star who studies climate change and whether planets in distant solar systems might harbor atmospheres conducive to life,\u201d in the words of The New York Times.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But Abbot had <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/diversity-problem-campus-opinion-1618419\">committed the mortal sin of arguing<\/a>, in <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a>week, that the implementation of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives on college campuses \u201cviolates the ethical and legal principle of equal treatment\u201d and \u201ctreats persons as merely means to an end, giving primacy to a statistic over the individuality of a human being.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/dorian-abbot.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682\" alt=\"MIT canceled a lecture from Dorian Abbot over an op-ed he wrote.\" class=\"wp-image-20065531\" width=\"312\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/dorian-abbot.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=624 624w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/dorian-abbot.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=467 468w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/dorian-abbot.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=312 312w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/dorian-abbot.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=156 156w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/dorian-abbot.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 312px) 100vw, 312px\"\/><figcaption>MIT canceled a lecture from Dorian Abbot over an op-ed he wrote.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>He proposed instead \u201can alternative framework called Merit, Fairness and Equality (MFE) whereby university applicants are treated as individuals and evaluated through a rigorous and unbiased process based on their merit and qualifications alone.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Instead of championing Abbot\u2019s presentation on Earth\u2019s climate and the identification of planets in other solar systems, MIT pandered to a Twitter mob and canceled the lecture. Princeton\u2019s James Madison Program in Ideals and Institutions invited Abbot to deliver the lecture, which he did (marvelously, we hasten to add) on the day his MIT lecture had been scheduled. The fiasco has, deservedly, received worldwide attention.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pointing out MIT\u2019s lapses and withdrawing our financial support of the offending institution is insufficient. We would like to suggest a way for MIT to return to our good graces and hope it will consider adopting the following principles of fairness.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>First, facts are not racist, and stating facts is not racism. Second, a person\u2019s ethnicity or skin color does not define him or her as a racist, oppressor or victim. Third, intellectual ability and achievement are the principal requirements for admission as a student or faculty member to any university. Fourth, diversity of opinions is desired and supported. Fifth, a just, democratic society requires equal opportunity, equal justice and equal responsibility; it does not require equal outcomes. And finally, adherence to the statements above must not be sacrificed for political, social or public relations considerations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>These truths used to be self-evident; now they are apparently controversial. MIT and other universities must make a choice:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Will they redeem themselves by standing for merit and truth, or will they forfeit the support of countless alumni and donors by surrendering to wokeness?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Reprinted from City Journal\u00a0<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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