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So-Called ‘Equity’ is Just a Race to the Bottom
Posted on 4/28/23 at 2:27 pm
Posted on 4/28/23 at 2:27 pm
So-Called ‘Equity’ is Just a Race to the Bottom
Over the last few years, the rallying cry of “woke” activists has become “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” (often abbreviated to DEI). There is little reason to object to such principles on the surface. After all, America was founded on the principle that all people are created equal. Unfortunately, the meaning of words can change over time.
Rather than the Founders’ vision of equal opportunity for all, the use of the word “equity” today denotes equal outcomes for all. The implementation of this “equity agenda,” however well-intentioned, will lead to terrible consequences.
One of the prophets who warned us about the dangers of this understanding of equity was the great twentieth-century novelist Kurt Vonnegut. In his 1961 short story, “Harrison Bergeron,” Vonnegut imagined a society with perfect equity. “Nobody was smarter than anybody else,” the narrator says. “Nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody else.”
As Vonnegut shows, a society looking to equalize outcomes for all citizens is no utopia – it is instead a nightmarish horror. The only way to guarantee equal results is to handicap everyone so that they perform at the lowest common level. In the terrifying world of “Harrison Bergeron,” for instance, the government burdens ballerinas “with sashweights and bags of birdshot” so they cannot move more beautifully than anyone else.
The push for “equity” in American society today resembles Vonnegut’s dystopia – but nowhere more dangerously than in the education system.
At the university level, DEI bureaucracies have grown to absurd sizes, and they dominate much of campus life. A 2021 Heritage Foundation report found 163 DEI personnel at the University of Michigan, 94 at the University of Virginia and 94 at Ohio State, 86 at the University of California Berkeley, 83 at Virginia Tech, and 80 at Stanford (where Associate Dean for DEI Tirien Steinbach was recently put on leave for galvanizing an unruly protest by confronting a U.S. circuit judge who was trying to deliver a campus lecture).
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Over the last few years, the rallying cry of “woke” activists has become “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” (often abbreviated to DEI). There is little reason to object to such principles on the surface. After all, America was founded on the principle that all people are created equal. Unfortunately, the meaning of words can change over time.
Rather than the Founders’ vision of equal opportunity for all, the use of the word “equity” today denotes equal outcomes for all. The implementation of this “equity agenda,” however well-intentioned, will lead to terrible consequences.
One of the prophets who warned us about the dangers of this understanding of equity was the great twentieth-century novelist Kurt Vonnegut. In his 1961 short story, “Harrison Bergeron,” Vonnegut imagined a society with perfect equity. “Nobody was smarter than anybody else,” the narrator says. “Nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody else.”
As Vonnegut shows, a society looking to equalize outcomes for all citizens is no utopia – it is instead a nightmarish horror. The only way to guarantee equal results is to handicap everyone so that they perform at the lowest common level. In the terrifying world of “Harrison Bergeron,” for instance, the government burdens ballerinas “with sashweights and bags of birdshot” so they cannot move more beautifully than anyone else.
The push for “equity” in American society today resembles Vonnegut’s dystopia – but nowhere more dangerously than in the education system.
At the university level, DEI bureaucracies have grown to absurd sizes, and they dominate much of campus life. A 2021 Heritage Foundation report found 163 DEI personnel at the University of Michigan, 94 at the University of Virginia and 94 at Ohio State, 86 at the University of California Berkeley, 83 at Virginia Tech, and 80 at Stanford (where Associate Dean for DEI Tirien Steinbach was recently put on leave for galvanizing an unruly protest by confronting a U.S. circuit judge who was trying to deliver a campus lecture).
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Posted on 4/28/23 at 2:29 pm to djmed
Oppression Olympics
Posted on 4/28/23 at 2:31 pm to djmed
Republicans are cowards. It persists even in the Louisiana legislature which is mostly Republicans and conservatives. Black legislature brings up race and watch the Republican cower and just agree to entertain their DEI BS. They never say "no". This is how they infiltrate every meaningful institution.
Posted on 4/28/23 at 2:36 pm to djmed
Sigh, here is the rest of the article...
In a growing number of K-12 schools across the country, such as at Culver City High School in the Los Angeles area, honors classes are being eliminated so as not to “perpetuate inequality.” Proponents of this idea say that some students can still obtain an honors “label” by doing extra work.
But more often than not, teachers are simply slowing down instruction for everyone. Students are increasingly taught at the lowest common denominator rather than being challenged to do their best. As one student recently told the Wall Street Journal, “There are some people who slow down the pace because they don’t really do anything and aren’t looking to try harder.”
Current DEI regulations at the federal and state level, as well-intentioned as these regulations may be, are fostering this approach and handicapping our education system. For example, the Department of Education’s 2022 Equity Agency Plan goes so far as to connect DEI policies directly to federal funding for local schools. In their pursuit of “ensuring equity,” ideologues are killing opportunity for America’s students.
The American Dream is that all citizens will have an equal opportunity to achieve their goals based on their individual talents and hard work. The Declaration of Independence does not guarantee happiness to every citizen – it only guarantees the pursuit of happiness.
But the pursuit of the modern idea of “equity” rather than true equality is simply a race to the bottom. Socialist regimes in Russia, Venezuela, Cuba, and so many other places show that radical egalitarianism simply does not work. America is more successful than these failed experiments because we cling to the principle of equality rightly understood. We cannot let that slip away.
The good news is that many parents are mobilizing against far-left excesses. At the ballot box, school board meetings, and even at the dinner table, parents are standing up and saying enough is enough. They do not want to sacrifice academic excellence for grand social experiments. They want their kids to become educated and ambitious, not indoctrinated and complacent.
Most Americans believe in equality. We want to make sure that everyone has, to the greatest extent possible, an equal place at the starting line. From there, each individual has the freedom to achieve what their desires, ability, and hard work make possible.
Achieving that kind of equality is the American dream, the engine that enables people from any walk of life to realize their dreams. Equity, as activists preach it, trades away this American heritage for abstractions and fantasies. Americans should instead hold fast to the political principles that have guided us to marvelous success and prosperity for nearly 250 years.
In a growing number of K-12 schools across the country, such as at Culver City High School in the Los Angeles area, honors classes are being eliminated so as not to “perpetuate inequality.” Proponents of this idea say that some students can still obtain an honors “label” by doing extra work.
But more often than not, teachers are simply slowing down instruction for everyone. Students are increasingly taught at the lowest common denominator rather than being challenged to do their best. As one student recently told the Wall Street Journal, “There are some people who slow down the pace because they don’t really do anything and aren’t looking to try harder.”
Current DEI regulations at the federal and state level, as well-intentioned as these regulations may be, are fostering this approach and handicapping our education system. For example, the Department of Education’s 2022 Equity Agency Plan goes so far as to connect DEI policies directly to federal funding for local schools. In their pursuit of “ensuring equity,” ideologues are killing opportunity for America’s students.
The American Dream is that all citizens will have an equal opportunity to achieve their goals based on their individual talents and hard work. The Declaration of Independence does not guarantee happiness to every citizen – it only guarantees the pursuit of happiness.
But the pursuit of the modern idea of “equity” rather than true equality is simply a race to the bottom. Socialist regimes in Russia, Venezuela, Cuba, and so many other places show that radical egalitarianism simply does not work. America is more successful than these failed experiments because we cling to the principle of equality rightly understood. We cannot let that slip away.
The good news is that many parents are mobilizing against far-left excesses. At the ballot box, school board meetings, and even at the dinner table, parents are standing up and saying enough is enough. They do not want to sacrifice academic excellence for grand social experiments. They want their kids to become educated and ambitious, not indoctrinated and complacent.
Most Americans believe in equality. We want to make sure that everyone has, to the greatest extent possible, an equal place at the starting line. From there, each individual has the freedom to achieve what their desires, ability, and hard work make possible.
Achieving that kind of equality is the American dream, the engine that enables people from any walk of life to realize their dreams. Equity, as activists preach it, trades away this American heritage for abstractions and fantasies. Americans should instead hold fast to the political principles that have guided us to marvelous success and prosperity for nearly 250 years.
Posted on 4/28/23 at 2:37 pm to djmed
Equity is just another word for Communism. Both are based on the emotion of envy. If everyone is equally happy then there is no one to envy and we shall have Utopia.
Posted on 4/28/23 at 2:44 pm to djmed
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The implementation of this “equity agenda,” however well-intentioned, will lead to terrible consequences.
Anyone who still thinks this shite is done with good intentions is about 15 years behind.
Posted on 4/28/23 at 2:46 pm to djmed
TLDR version..."equity" is just another term for re-distribution of wealth because redistribution of wealth doesn't poll well.
Posted on 4/28/23 at 2:48 pm to Ten Bears
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TLDR version..."equity" is just another term for re-distribution of wealth because redistribution of wealth doesn't poll well.
Since the Trump tax breaks the government has done zero to put extra money or value in my pocket. They have only taken.
Posted on 4/28/23 at 3:27 pm to AUHighPlainsDrifter
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But more often than not, teachers are simply slowing down instruction for everyone. Students are increasingly taught at the lowest common denominator rather than being challenged to do their best. As one student recently told the Wall Street Journal, “There are some people who slow down the pace because they don’t really do anything and aren’t looking to try harder.”
This is nothing new ... just a 'new label.'
This began in the late 60's, after public school integration. I attended & graduated from public high school in 1965, and received a very, very good education. Expectations were high and most all students worked hard to learn and earn good grades.
However, in the ensuing years, it became evident that the "new" students were not coming up to the high standards. Consequently, the standards have become lower and lower, as opposed to demanding the "new" students rise to the high level of expectations
Then, of course, followed "the participation trophies," not the "winners trophies."
Could expound, but, will stop here - been observing this slow decline gain steam for decades .... AND, then "Along Came Joe!" And, here we are - very, very sad!!!!
This post was edited on 4/28/23 at 3:35 pm
Posted on 4/28/23 at 3:32 pm to Zach
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Equity is just another word for Communism. Both are based on the emotion of envy. If everyone is equally happy then there is no one to envy and we shall have Utopia.
Yep, learned that in public elementary school ... they were going to overtake our country without firing one shot by "invading" us from within!!
Posted on 4/28/23 at 3:33 pm to djmed
"Equity" is a racist dog whistle.
Posted on 4/28/23 at 5:26 pm to pfcTigah
UNPOPULAR OPINION - INSENSITIVE CONTENT AHEAD
Another facet to this problem is inclusion of learning disabled students in regular education classrooms.
There are dyslexic, behaviorally dysfunctional, intellectually challenged students sitting in classrooms with students whose goals are to earn at least a bachelor’s degree after high school.
These disabled students have IEP and 504 plans ensuring they receive time and half, double, and even TRIPLE time on tests, assignments, quizzes, and/or standardized tests while REMAINING IN THE REGULAR CLASSROOM.
From where do people think these additional minutes and hours come?
Most of those minutes and hours come out of the regularly-scheduled class meeting times and at the expense of every intellectually-competent, full-facultied student in the room.
Students with learning disabilities need additional help, and they should receive that help.
Students without learning disabilities need challenging instruction, and they should receive that instruction.
And, NO, both cannot happen in the same classroom at the same time.
Every kid in my family has had to endure this burden.
If anyone in the room is half retarded, everyone in the room is half retarded.
It’s limiting and discriminatory against the intellectually able.
Another facet to this problem is inclusion of learning disabled students in regular education classrooms.
There are dyslexic, behaviorally dysfunctional, intellectually challenged students sitting in classrooms with students whose goals are to earn at least a bachelor’s degree after high school.
These disabled students have IEP and 504 plans ensuring they receive time and half, double, and even TRIPLE time on tests, assignments, quizzes, and/or standardized tests while REMAINING IN THE REGULAR CLASSROOM.
From where do people think these additional minutes and hours come?
Most of those minutes and hours come out of the regularly-scheduled class meeting times and at the expense of every intellectually-competent, full-facultied student in the room.
Students with learning disabilities need additional help, and they should receive that help.
Students without learning disabilities need challenging instruction, and they should receive that instruction.
And, NO, both cannot happen in the same classroom at the same time.
Every kid in my family has had to endure this burden.
If anyone in the room is half retarded, everyone in the room is half retarded.
It’s limiting and discriminatory against the intellectually able.
Posted on 4/28/23 at 5:28 pm to djmed
quote:Home equity is a good thing.
So-Called ‘Equity’ is Just a Race to the Bottom
Posted on 4/28/23 at 5:59 pm to Diamondawg
^^^ You are so right!!!
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