MIT mandates diversity training; one student calls it 'indoctrination' [More]
Nonsense. If the little Nazi doesn't understand that math and objectivity are racist, he has no place in a scientific academic environment!
Or in society at all, forever, come to think of it...
[Via Michael G]
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The first section of the required training, titled, "exploring power," alleged "power imbalances" in civilizations and institutions around the world: "Because of this inequitable access to power, history has been told through the lens of those in charge, without allowing the stories of the disempowered to be recognized."
"Those who are in power, and abuse it," it added, "often remain in control by dominating the narrative and deciding who has access to their sphere of influence. Historically, these spheres of influence have remained homogenous."
'The required training module lists "types of power," such as "the power to admit a student to a university, to grant citizenship, or to decide who can get married."
It went on to say that "even if you think you personally don't have power, you may still be participating in structural systems of power where you receive advantages or are considered the norm while others are disadvantaged or considered outside the norm." '
One doubts they covered this type of power:
"Political power grows from the barrel of a gun." -- Mao Zedong
"Those who are in power, and abuse it," it added, "often remain in control by dominating the narrative and deciding who has access to their sphere of influence."
I haven't heard a better description of L. Rafael Reif's tenure as MIT president than this. From his abuse of confidential survey data to railroad the closure of the school's "dorm for outcasts" in 2017, to his engagement last year of a high-priced legal team to investigate whether one L. Rafael Reif acted unethically by approving donations from Jeffrey Epstein, a donor on MIT's "prohibited list" (result: surprise, no ethical violations occurred -- Reif was "not aware" of the donations, despite having personally signed the paperwork), Reif is the poster child for abuse of privilege. Someone at MIT needs to chain him to a dental chair, glue his eyelids open, and force him to watch this course 100 times consecutively.
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