Why I’m Leaving the University
&gt; Asking a question following a public talk, a colleague conspicuously used the word “Latinx” even though the speaker had described both herself and her research subjects as “Latinas”<p>As a minority, this is the part of the “woke” university system that I find most appalling. When universities run by overwhelmingly white faculties get involved in areas like cultural studies, they end up projecting white liberal values onto minority groups.<p>Who is more likely to get hired at UCLA? A person of Hispanic background who is identifies as “Latinx” and writes about the importance of abortion for first generation immigrants, or someone who like 65% of first generation Hispanic immigrants, opposes abortion for reasons that are deeply intertwined with their culture?<p>Or to use another example, they have almost uniformly adopted the consideration of race in admissions and hiring decisions, even though the majority of every minority group opposes that practice: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.insidehighered.com&#x2F;admissions&#x2F;article&#x2F;2022&#x2F;05&#x2F;02&#x2F;poll-finds-public-doesnt-favor-affirmative-action" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.insidehighered.com&#x2F;admissions&#x2F;article&#x2F;2022&#x2F;05&#x2F;02...</a> <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.pewresearch.org&#x2F;social-trends&#x2F;2019&#x2F;05&#x2F;08&#x2F;americans-see-advantages-and-challenges-in-countrys-growing-racial-and-ethnic-diversity&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.pewresearch.org&#x2F;social-trends&#x2F;2019&#x2F;05&#x2F;08&#x2F;america...</a><p>These are people who talk about “white supremacy” constantly, but don’t realize that they themselves are exercising white supremacy by taking such strong positions on race and culture issues. They engaged in Microsoft-style “embrace and extinguish” co-opting if minority culture and political movements.