Discriminatory practices are clearly being encouraged as part of DEI in academic publishing, says Amber Muhinyi, as publishers are collecting data on the race of authors and reviewers and presenting this to journals.
'Affirmative action' is racism, Prof Richard Dawkins has said, and so is blaming white people for historic crimes. Amber Muhinyi welcomes the rare intervention for liberal democratic values and common sense.
Major academic publishers are asking the race of those who submit papers. This undermines confidence in the fairness of the editorial process, says Amber Muhinyi.
It's becoming increasingly common for U.K. universities to set up 'positive action' schemes which directly discriminate on the basis of race. A new letter challenges this controversial practice on legal grounds.
The Equality Act allows 'positive action' by employers to favour candidates based on race. But what if this harms employees by, for example, perpetuating stereotypes of racial inferiority, asks Amber Muhinyi.
Rejecting race-based positive discrimination isn’t a mad or selfish attempt to disrupt the programme, but simply standing up for equal treatment under the law, writes Amber Muhinyi.
With a rapidly growing 'EDI' industry and fresh impetus to meet diversity targets, ‘positive action’ based on race is now a reality in Britain. But candidates must be able to opt out, writes Amber Muhinyi.
Universities are now advertising student opportunities exclusively for individuals from certain racial backgrounds. Amber Muhinyi says this is a really bad idea.
No doubt being asked 'where are you from?' can be annoying, says Amber Muhinyi, and sometimes even racist – but the real danger is the imposition of a divisive ideological agenda of 'diversity'.
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