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https://mises.org/mises-wire/jason-arday-and-dei-system-just-wont-die To Kendi, Arday was a genuine intellectual who was set upon by jealous whites who would never let themselves believe that a black person could gain such a position in academe through superior intelligence and writing. Thus, they had to bring him down—just as they had done to Kendi himself when his Center for Antiracist Research at Boston University closed in controversy, with Kendi moving on to Howard University. Likewise, thousands of young Britons rallied in Trafalgar Square to demand an official investigation of the “racist” press they claim drove Arday to suicide. Interestingly, the British police, in the name of fighting racism, already had “investigated” a journalist who helped break the original story of Arday’s plagiarism and fraud. And as for the “racist” media, the BBC originally doubled down in its defense of Arday when the news broke, as its journalists refused to admit what was obvious. Unfortunately, Arday became the proverbial blank slate upon which others write whatever they want to see. Journalist Matt Taibbi writes: There were other enablers who have not been willing to face the truth of what Cambridge’s academic leadership had done. Cambridge Chancellor Lord Chris Smith claimed that the criticisms of Arday’s fictitious record had turned into a “racist feeding frenzy.” Perhaps it isn’t surprising that Smith has tried to deflect legitimate criticism of Arday’s hiring at Cambridge, given that it should have been obvious to anyone that Arday’s work—even before his massive plagiarism was discovered—was mediocre and certainly not fit for a university of Cambridge’s standards. Wrote John McWhorter (before the suicide): To put it bluntly, Arday was a fraud, but the joke was not just on him but also the people who hired him and placed him in a situation he was incapable of handling. At this point we should add that there is no shame in not being qualified for a professorship at one of the world’s most prestigious universities. Unfortunately, elite higher education in the western world has been on a destructive path for more than a half-century, driven by guilt and a desire to “atone” for the “sins” of racism, sexism, and colonialism. Arday was a product of that movement in which the barbarians are not just at the gate but instead control the whole city. This sorry saga began in earnest in the late 1960s with the establishment of the various “studies” programs at major US colleges and universities, including programs like women’s studies, black (or African-American) studies, queer studies, and so on. Although couched in academic rhetoric, these programs were an affront to everything institutional higher education had supposedly stood for. During the various cultural revolutions of the 1960s in which students protested everything from the Vietnam War to racism to single-sex dormitories. Student activists occupied the administration building, including the president’s office, at Columbia University. To appease student radicals, black and white, several colleges and universities began programs in what would be called identity studies, including black studies, women’s studies, and the like. By 1970, the Grievance Industry had firmly taken hold in higher education. At the time, college faculties were dominated by white males and there was pressure from the federal government, the Supreme Court, and the foundation and non-profit sectors to hire more women and racial minorities. While discriminatory policies kept some qualified people from both faculty hiring and graduate programs, institutions of higher learning were in a quandary when it came to trying to make up for past policies. One of the “solutions” was to create new academic disciplines such as black studies and women’s studies and have those faculties dominated by racial minorities and women. These policies allowed colleges and universities that could afford to enlarge their faculties in ways that allowed them to escape some US Department of Education scrutiny for having too few minorities in the teaching ranks. The problem with this strategy came soon enough, as it became clear that the real purpose of these departments was not to promote traditional academic scholarship but rather to promote activism. It became a regular occurrence for members of these departments to denounce their own employers for racism or sexism, all the while producing very little in the name of both research and teaching. I saw this amplified during the Duke Lacrosse Case when the loudest voices on campus at Duke University that falsely proclaimed the lacrosse players were guilty of raping a black woman came from these identity studies departments. I wrote: Before the case ended with North Carolina’s Attorney General Roy Cooper, after an exhaustive investigation into the accusations, these activist members of the Duke faculty, along with both white and black political radicals in Durham, North Carolina, drove the false charges forward with faculty members always assuming guilt no matter the evidence always pointing toward innocence. The damage they did to innocent people, not to mention Duke University itself, was incalculable, yet Duke’s administrative and academic leadership bent backwards in heaping praise on people who didn’t deserve it. These were faculty members who bullied anyone who might contradict them—and they got away with actions that would certainly have resulted in firings had they been employed in departments where actual scholarship takes place. Moreover, as I examined the academic qualifications of these activists, I found that their academic records were extremely thin, especially when compared with the resumes of full-time faculty in the traditional areas of study: While Arday was employed in the more traditional sociology department, Cambridge applied the same standards to him that institutions like Duke, Harvard, and Columbia applied to faculty members in identity studies. That was bad enough, but what made things worse was that from the beginning, it was obvious that Arday’s record both as a teacher and researcher was deficient and certainly not at the level required for tenure at one of the world’s top universities. Yet, Cambridge’s leadership still insisted that Arday’s research “was the best in the world.” So, why did so many people fall for what was clearly a scam, and why do many people still insist that Arday’s critics were in the wrong? Coleman Hughes has some answers, writing: But Hughes makes another point, one that the media and most of academe has missed: Arday’s “scholarship” was based upon the usual left-wing canards of there being permanent social harm due to racism and colonialism. At that point, it didn’t matter if his research was true or not, since it repeated the antiracist mantra that grips pretty much all western higher education. John McWhorter pulled no punches in his condemnation of the white academics and journalists who enabled—and ultimately destroyed—Arday: Where do we go from here? Tyler Austin Harper—who quit a tenure-track position at a prestigious New England college because he no longer could take the hypocritical nonsense that both elevated black scholars like himself all the while seeing him only as academically fit to deal with “black” subjects—writes that maybe we should recognize the tragedy of a life lost and the inanity of the DEI mentality in higher education: Unfortunately, people are unlikely to heed Harper’s excellent advice. Instead, people will double down where they already are. Cambridge’s faculty and administration will blame everyone but themselves, while Kendi will blame racism. The mindless mobs of Trafalgar Square will blame the press. What no one in a position of academic leadership or the media will do, however, is to take a hard look at how applying DEI to higher education has corrupted everything. Black academics who engage in mediocre work will continue to be feted as geniuses, while blacks doing excellent academic research will face hostility, false accusations, and limited opportunities because their teaching and research do not square with the elite’s current racial zeitgeist. As for the DEI express, it will continue to roll along. Yes. Mr. Arday's death was a tragedy. A tragedy brought on by DEI.

Northwest Crossroads Conference Andrean Hanover Highland Hobart Kankakee Valley Lowell Munster

Creativity! Cavaliers, Owls, Zebras, Bronchos (with a H), Kougars (with a K), Argylls, Jimmies, Mavericks, Railroaders—dazzle me! Or how about some new ones? Conquistadors, Jackalopes, Kangaroos, Ocelots, Scorpions, Tarantulas…

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Northern Lakes Conference Concord Goshen Mishawaka NorthWood Northridge Plymouth Warsaw Wawasee

Spot on! I can’t stand the overused Bulldogs, Cougars, Eagles, Indians, Panthers, Spartans, and Trojans. Heck even, my Alma Mater of South Newton has many teams within of state nicknamed the Rebels. Then again, Roncalli HS ditched it a few years ago.

Northern Indiana Conference Elkhart Marian New Prairie Penn South Bend Adams South Bend Riley South Bend St. Joseph South Bend Washington

I will "risk it": Maybe. Are there actually lakes in Lakeland? Personally I find the generic Tigers, Panthers, Bulldogs, etc. lazier.

Confirmed for Saturday.

All money is dirty, as in not clean. You remember, the don't touch anything times during early Covid.

LC no longer uses that logo.

I actually have, but might more inclined for the Cairo, GA Syrupmakers.

Laziest mascot: Lakeland Lakers (IN)

Northeast Corner Conference Angola Fairfield Garrett Lakeland West Noble Central Noble Churubusco Eastside Fremont Prairie Heights

You've obviously never had a Costco dog for $1.25 plus a free coke.

Northeast 8 Conference Bellmont Columbia City DeKalb East Noble Huntington North Leo New Haven Norwell

Same. Love that FC is playing quality competition that isn’t a small college team like Male and St X.

Snack time! Give me the Freeport, IL Pretzels with the Monroe, WI Cheesemakers providing the sauce… Much more appetizing that a hot dog…

Yup, as I was saying I was very fortunate to travel extensively this summer: Texas—New Braunfels Unicorns Florida—Key West Conchs Michigan—Watersmeet Nimrods and Ironwood Red Devils😉 Illinois (although it’s 5 minutes away)—the Marco Polos, New Trier Trevians, and Teutopolis Wooden Shoes. I’m aware we have some cool ones like Cavemen, Millers, and Spark Plugs but just want to bring a few more into the fold… Time for my daily meds!

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You want PC...look up Robstown Early College High School Mascot...I am not even risking putting it on here

One more sleep, I get a tingle just thinking about it gentlemen

Too close the door on you…