{"id":336156,"date":"2017-11-22T16:47:35","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T15:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/the-diversity-mania-lewrockwell\/"},"modified":"2017-11-22T16:47:35","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T15:47:35","slug":"the-diversity-mania-lewrockwell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/the-diversity-mania-lewrockwell\/","title":{"rendered":"The Diversity Mania &#8211; LewRockwell"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-664774\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- amazon_content\/d13c387b2506aeb4bac4eb296ef3d6b2 Cache -->\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix post-info\">\n<p class=\"authors\"> By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lewrockwell.com\/author\/walter-e-williams\/?ptype=article\" title=\"Posts by Walter E. Williams\" rel=\"author\">Walter E. Williams<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"date\">November 22, 2017<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"social-sharing\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"custom-buttons custom-buttons-merged\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"a2a_button_email\" href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/email?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lewrockwell.com%2F2017%2F11%2Fwalter-e-williams%2Fdiversity-obsession%2F&amp;type=page&amp;linkname=Diversity+Obsession&amp;linknote=\" title=\"Email\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><!--img src=\"https:\/\/www.lewrockwell.com\/\/wp-content\/themes\/lrc\/images\/icons\/email.png\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Email\"--><\/a>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" title=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"print-page\"><!--img src=\"https:\/\/www.lewrockwell.com\/\/wp-content\/themes\/lrc\/images\/icons\/print.png\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Print\"--><\/a>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_16 addtoany_list\" data-a2a-url=\"https:\/\/www.lewrockwell.com\/2017\/11\/walter-e-williams\/diversity-obsession\/\" data-a2a-title=\"The Diversity Mania\"><a class=\"a2a_button_facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/facebook?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lewrockwell.com%2F2017%2F11%2Fwalter-e-williams%2Fdiversity-obsession%2F&amp;linkname=The%20Diversity%20Mania\" title=\"Facebook\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\/><a class=\"a2a_button_twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/twitter?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lewrockwell.com%2F2017%2F11%2Fwalter-e-williams%2Fdiversity-obsession%2F&amp;linkname=The%20Diversity%20Mania\" title=\"Twitter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\/><a class=\"a2a_button_twitter_tweet addtoany_special_service\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.lewrockwell.com\/2017\/11\/walter-e-williams\/diversity-obsession\/\" data-text=\"The Diversity Mania\"\/><a class=\"a2a_button_facebook_like addtoany_special_service\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.lewrockwell.com\/2017\/11\/walter-e-williams\/diversity-obsession\/\"\/><a class=\"a2a_button_google_plusone addtoany_special_service\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.lewrockwell.com\/2017\/11\/walter-e-williams\/diversity-obsession\/\"\/><a class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\" href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.addtoany.com\/buttons\/share_save_120_16.png\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"blog-content clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                            \t<!-- S3 Cache --><!-- S3:S3:Non-Original -->\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>A common feature of our time is the extent to which many in our nation have become preoccupied with diversity. But true diversity obsession, almost a mania, is found at our institutions of higher learning. Rather than have a knee-jerk response for or against diversity, I think we should ask just what is diversity and whether it\u2019s a good thing. How do we tell whether a college, a department or another unit within a college is diverse or not? What exemptions from diversity are permitted?<\/p>\n<p>Seeing as college presidents and provosts are the main diversity pushers, we might start with their vision of diversity. Ask your average college president or provost whether he even bothers promoting political diversity among faculty. I\u2019ll guarantee that if he is honest \u2014 and even bothers to answer the question \u2014 he will say no. According to a recent study, professors who are registered Democrats outnumber their Republican counterparts by a 12-1 ratio (<a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/gpp4svq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/gpp4svq<\/a>). In some departments, such as history, Democratic professors outnumber their Republican counterparts by a 33-1 ratio.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmi-gold-silver.com\/blog\/buy-old-us-gold-coins\/?utm_source=LRC_Text_Ad&amp;utm_campaign=buy_old_us_coins\">Time to buy old US gold coins<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"amazon-element-wrapper-custom align-right last-count\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-med-image\"><span class=\"amazon-image-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/American-Contempt-Liberty-Institution-Publication\/dp\/0817918752?SubscriptionId=AKIAI63WS3YGA3Y5U2QA&amp;tag=lrockwell-20&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;camp=2025&amp;creative=165953&amp;creativeASIN=0817918752\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51uXh2r5zvL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"amazon-image amazon-image-medium\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-title\"><span class=\"appip-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/American-Contempt-Liberty-Institution-Publication\/dp\/0817918752?SubscriptionId=AKIAI63WS3YGA3Y5U2QA&amp;tag=lrockwell-20&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;camp=2025&amp;creative=165953&amp;creativeASIN=0817918752\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">American Contempt for &#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-author\">Walter E. Williams<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-lowest-used\"><span class=\"appip-lowest-used\"><span class=\"appip-label label-lowest-used\">Best Price: <\/span>$8.71<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-formatted-price\"><span class=\"appip-formatted-price\"><span class=\"appip-label label-formatted-price\">Buy New <\/span>$13.37<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-disclaimer-new\"><span style=\"display:block;color:#888;font-size: .80em; padding: 0 0 3px 0;\">(as of 06:35 EST &#8211; <span style=\"cursor:pointer;\" title=\"Product prices and availability are accurate as of the date\/time indicated and are subject to change. Any price and availability information displayed on Amazon.com at the time of purchase will apply to the purchase of this product.\">Details<\/span>)<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-button\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/aws\/cart\/add.html?AssociateTag=lrockwell-20&amp;SubscriptionId=AKIAI63WS3YGA3Y5U2QA&amp;ASIN.1=0817918752&amp;Quantity.1=1\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewrockwell.com\/wp-content\/mu-plugins\/amazon-ad-link-lr\/img\/buy-from-tan.gif\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>There is one area of college life where administrators demonstrate utter contempt for diversity, and that\u2019s in sports. It is by no means unusual to watch a Saturday afternoon college basketball game and see that the starting five on both teams are black. White players, not to mention Asian players, are underrepresented. Similar underrepresentation is practiced in college football&#8230;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lewrockwell.com\/2017\/11\/walter-e-williams\/diversity-obsession\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Walter E. Williams November 22, 2017 &#13; &#13; &#13; A common feature of our time is the extent to which many in our nation have become preoccupied with diversity. But true diversity obsession, almost a mania, is found at our institutions of higher learning. Rather than have a knee-jerk response for or against diversity, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-336156","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336156\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}