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How to Fix Diversity and Equity
Ritualized regimes of political expression must be rejected.
Illustration by The Chronicle May 27, 2021
Academic twitter lit up with acclaim when Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis announced that it had approved “new promotion and tenure options based on diversity, equity and inclusion work” earlier this month. A computer-science professor captured the prevailing sentiment: “Such amazing news! I hope more and more institutions will take this path.”
We can be certain that they will. Unfortunately, not only will this path fall short of its intended goals, but it will pose a serious threat to academic freedom.
click to enlarge Chart by CALMatters/Flourish 2021 is shaping up to be a really dry year. Last month was the third-driest year on record with a total precipitation of 10 inches. When James Brumder and his wife Louise Gonzalez moved into their home tucked up against the mountains northeast of Los Angeles, he applied all his know-how to the task of undoing the thirsty garden they inherited. Brumder, who worked for a commercial landscaping company, pulled up their weedy, unkempt lawn in Altadena and replaced it with native grasses, filled in garden beds with species that could make a living off the region s fickle rainfall, installed drip irrigation, set up rain barrels and banked soil to collect any errant drops of water. Whenever the backyard duck pond a blue plastic kiddie pool was cleaned, the water was fed to drought-adapted fruit trees.