James, don’t worry so much about the length of the videos. At least for certain topics or ideas. Just let it happen, let happen naturally. Even if it ends up being a 5 hour video or something, speaking for myself at least, I don’t particularly care about the length. Most of the time I’m quite absorbed in the topic and not paying attention to the time. Like or dislike here if you agree with this, fellow subscribers! Give the man some feedback.
This feels like a good use of the "like to agree". I Liked and encourage those who prefer something on the shorter side to give that thumbs-down as well!
Love your work - hate to see my alma mater represented in it. But I can’t say I’m surprised. When Admiral Will McRaven stepped down as chancellor of UT in 2018, he warned that he viewed the US education system as our greatest national security threat. He’s not wrong.
If UT is your alma mater, then you should contact them and protest these shenanigans. Threaten to withold any donations to the school and claim you will pass the word to other graduates you know if they do not address the mess.
Is there a clip of him saying that online? I am a student at UT and Hartsul gave his state of the university address a few weeks ago. It did not mention this stuff too much.
The "well-being" part is key. Hiring people on the basis of ideological fit (as opposed to competence) will produce unhappy "hires" who will need to be coddled, and shielded from competent staffers who will need to be disciplined and intimidated by yet more commissars. Cancers do grow...
I'm dealing with it. People are stricken by institutional apathy. We're dealing with dying patients. This is unacceptable. I'm an entry level worker running logistics at a managerial level because nobody cares. I will probably be fired soon for calling people out. I weep for my countrymen. Our mission shifted from OUR JOB to social justice and climate change. Yet one of our "Principals" is impartiality. Sure thing... We're done.
So true! Marxism, from the start of where it says that you are in false consciousness if you are enjoying a good job, shows that not only is it well-being but their definition of what well-being is that is the key. They don't even care how anyone feels, only that they agree.
@Tony Johnson...Oh, I hope you are making it through ok. I can tell you are a very good, conscientious worker. Very good, right on point about instead of being a good worker, it's about these other political agendas. And wrong headed agendas in my mind. Good luck with everything!!!
In 1999 I was working for the Gov't of Canada and had to attend a training session on group hiring "targets" (i.e., quotas). I asked if there was a reverse gear once targets were met. Nope. It was a one way ride; a crash course to disaster.
It's the same reason that when "marginalized communities" exceed their population percentage in any given institution (the benchmark the woke use for determining "equity"), it quietly goes unmentioned, while a place like Berkley, with a 30% white student body is still in need of diversification. The whole dogma is twisted as fuck.
@@Individual_Lives_Matter Yeah. I had to laugh when I noticed that. I don't even have tv., and it was the same all over the internet, and on signs in our bookstores. I think it's getting a bit more balanced again.
I recall reading "Hunt for Red October" and asking myself, "How will I know when my own country has digressed this far?". I concluded that when all organizations (such as a nuclear sub) had a "political officer" on board, that would be a telling sign. Turns out, in 2021, all major corporations, universities, and government agencies have "political officers" that are generally called "diversity czars" or something like that.
James, my dude, you could go for 3 hours and I'd be disappointed that it was too short! My wife usually blows up the kitchen when cooking and I end up cleaning it up. When your podcasts' come out, I actually look forward to it!!!!
This is what in the Soviet Union was called "water." Meaningless, but polit. correct drivel. All school kids had to learn to speak and write like that. That's what literature and history classes were largely dedicated to. Language/literature exams tested one's ability to make water. I was particularly bad at it. Source of much of my trouble regarding school. After graduating those who could make water well had an opportunity to make a career "along the Party line."
I work for a Fortune 50 company in Texas for the last 20 years, and we are moving full steam ahead with these diversity/equity goals. We've had diversity training explicitly structured around Ibram Kendi's _How to Be an Anti-racist_, and our hiring practices have definitely shifted in this new direction. I can tell you this though - this stuff changes nothing as far as the attitudes of the employees. It goes in one ear and out the other. We've never had race issues and we've always had a diverse workforce. The standards for what good work is, and opinions on who a good worker is, have not changed at all, regardless of who they hire. Those standards exist among the workforce and mid-level management, and our workloads are so integrated, that when someone is missing the mark, it gets around fast, and that person gets managed right out of the business. We've always had very high turnover rates.
I probably won't listen to all of this 'cuz I kinda get it already. Here's my UT Austin story: applied for an open position in late 80's, early 90's in their computer department. Took a test, for which I was forewarned: 'guessing is counter-productive'. Then went immediately after test scoring to interview with computer supervisor. As the HR senior official walked me to the computer department, he asked: 'did you guess on any of the test?' I answered, surprised at the question, 'no, you warned me guessing was counter-productive.' He replied, ' just wondering as you are only the 3rd person in all these tests to get one certain question correct.' Wow, I thought, this bodes well! Well, until we reached the computer room and the male Hispanic turned and saw me and did everything but gag at a middle-aged albeit youthful-looking, white, female. I knew I was doomed, He knew I was doomed. And sure enough, the disappointing call came the same day. Bias against my whiteness happened repeatedly in my life, happens to this day. We deny it at our peril. We are humans, humans have biases, case closed. And Identity politics proves the case.
it's fitting that they have to always have to go out of their way with the order of the letters of the acronym to avoid calling it "DIE", which would be too accurate
Thanks. I’ve got a copy of one of Gramsci’s books on the way. I want to read up more on the origins of this. Most of the current proponents don’t even understand from whence it came. I’m amazed how quickly things are moving now. Just like in the USSR, when the results aren’t what they expect they will accuse the “wreckers” and do everything they can to punish those who question their plans. Gad Saad keeps trying to point out they’ve got the “E” and “I” backwards in their acronym; it’s much more descriptive as Diversity, Inclusion and Equity.
Mr Lindsey, you should look into the comicbook industry... they seem to be an industry that embraced D&E... and the industry has seriously tanked... regardless of the pandemic they were already in a downward spiral
This is precisely where the battle lines were first drawn. Gamergate and the erosion of plot and credibility of character development through ideological promotion of atypical/inverse behaviour and values.
Anyone remember feminist snow plowing in Stockholm Sweden and how well that worked out? I'd laugh except for the fact this insanity is now in our military including SOCOM. MAD will have a new meaning - Mutually Assured Delusion...
I do not remember feminist snow plowing in Sweden. I love the MAD though...And unfortunately China, and Russia must be cracking up at our delusions. Biden is freakin' weak. And all my friends are Trump haters, Bernie lovers. Of course, they don't really want to listen to my differing opinions.
That sentence, James, about increasing yeilds... that one word - yeilds - speaks volumes. Apple farmers want to increase their yeilds. So do money managers and equity managers.
God I hope so. I am from Poland. We had a run with those ideas for half century. What is absolutely frightening is it simply dressed in new suit and no one recognizes it. we never learned what hit us.
@@michagajek2110 - Czeslow Milosz's The Captive Mind presents an excellent analysis of the nightmarish "enslavement through consciousness" that pertains in these Stalinist doctrines.
@@wiseonwords Yes this is a brilliant book. Almost unknown to most of poles. We study his poems in school. But never have anyone mentioned it during education. I was very happy when I found it. But it was through English internet. Not from polish sources. :(
8:00 reading Derrick bells statement after the bell curve came out reveals a personality that is so in love with itself, it is mind boggling to comprehend. The lack of self awareness on how bad his arguments are (and downright lying about murray and hernstein) is actually entertaining.
the advertisement that played on this video for me was an ad for the MCCA (The Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA) is the premier source of learning, knowledge and future-oriented research on diversity, equity and inclusion for the legal profession.) They are saying that they partnered with Microsoft and so on in order to push trainings on unconscious bias and "bias interruptors". Not meaning to be black pilled today... but institutions view DIE trainings like implicit bias training as a risk mitigation strategy. Major organizations continue to push it. My company (a not-for-profit health plan) implemented trainings which we were told everyone will attend (but they will not explicitly say are mandatory). True Liberalism has little to no institutional or cultural support, be it in its left, right, or center form.
I went to UT in the late 80s and protested against the University for their Investments of multi millions in apartheid South Africa, now they want to posture about racial equity, I am not convinced.
Ever see "the Outlaw Josey Wales"? This sounds like the speech that the "diplomats" in Washington gave to the Cherokee. "We must endeavor to preserve..."
The tide is turning on public sentiment towards Wokeness and Critical Theory. People are becoming aware of the implications are finding ways to effectively push back. Onward to victory!
"When acceptance is the highest value, when avoiding condemnation online is worth more than the truth, the truth will be swiftly discarded." (Daniel Idfresne (17) is a senior at Brooklyn Technical High School, USA.)
You trust activists are far as you can throw 'em. You're big and strong. Bet you could them 'em a fair distance. Bet people would pay good money to watch too.
The document is masterfully written. If you are woke, then it provides full license to discriminate and select on the basis of ideology instead of merit. If you are not familiar with double speak, then it is meaningless dribble. Thus, whether you are a well intentioned administrator who is supportive of social justice in common parlance or you are a administrator who realizes you must defer to this compelling rhetoric that is taking the stage it seems agreeable enough. I honestly think that a lawyer reviewing this document would have little reservation about ever being held accountable. This will take years to play out and reverse course. In the meantime, institutions that embrace it earliest and strongest will be irreversibly damaged in terms of knowledge output and quality of education.
Structural determinism = race essentialism. The bailey for this position is that society treats people as IF they have race essentialism... therefore we have to act like it's real.
It might be that the only way to get through this difficult phase (of religious insanity) is to start new institutions (news outlets, schools, universities, banks, groceries, etc) with explicit woke-proof policies. These would thrive while the woke-infested institutions would fail (slowly at first, then all of a sudden)
Very good discussion. I heard UT Austin has declined significantly in the past few years after they installed lib extremist as their president. Several high profile murders on that campus also like the one of that Haruka Wiser. From what I heard, the UT president also agreed with tearing down statues and ripping out cement stones from buildings because some students did not like the names on them.
I always wondered how "gay" do I really need to be to get a gay job position? Because I don't normally talk much about that specific aspect of my life, anf if I pretend to be closeted, would the diversity team fall for it? What if I pretend to have some native ancestors (which is possible)? Not being sarcastic here, I truly wonder how they deal with people who fake group identity?
On the BBC when they include "gay" presenters they always appear to choose the full on stereotypical "drama queen" types. No Dave Rubin/Douglas Murray types (Gay, but not obvious enough) Which is weird ... most gay people I know are not "camp" to any degree.
As he explained several times, it's not enough to be gay, you have to be educated in the woke ideology. You need to have "critical consciousness" otherwise you aren't *truly* representing the critical struggle or sth... anyway, they'll call you a traitor to your race/sexuality/group identity
Yeah Thulyblu said pretty much what I was gonna say. I would just add that it's unlikely to be able to fake it 'till you make it with the wokist gatekeepers. Cultists always seem to know if someone is speaking their language. The only way someone can do that is if they _truly believe_ this bullshit. If you're not in it mind body and soul, they'll sniff you out and give you the boot..
Oh, it would be so fun to be a black person who doesn't need the job, (pretend that you do), go into an interview and say how you really identify as white, because well, you feel more white now that you are so educated, like to be responsible, and on time, and getting to interview for the good jobs! 😂
I sure hope that this lunacy self combusts. It seems like it will keep going so long as people remain scared to death of being called racist. Even though the charge these days is almost always disingenuous.
James, can you do a video where you draw/illustrate the parallels to the Soviet systems? (-33:00 min mark) That would be helpful to show people. First, Mein k, now Uncle Stalin. Who will they emulate next?!
It allmost appears to me, that the Cuba crisis back in the day was less dangerous to the U.S. and the West at large than this woke dogma and its deciples. Keep up the good work bro.
Equity is just another word for communism. I just talked to a 10th grade teacher out here in Virginia, she said her school was dropping higher math because it hurts the feelings of some students. I'm sure the term might be more "equitable".
James, I taught at a progressive secondary school for 16 years and we had all of this. I was forced to quit blah, blah, blah. The fact is, they had no idea how to implement this garbage. Rest assured, you understand what you're reading better than the people at UT do. None of this is good, but we must take solace in the fact that these people are totally incompetent. Also, we must push back (as you're doing) and push back hard.
Oh no, the people pushing this nonsense understand exactly what this means. I'd even say the useful idiots implementing it mostly understand and either think as distasteful as it is it's required because our country is all the activists say it is or they are simply afraid to speak out for fear of reprisal (e.g. being shamed, ostracized, fired or worse). Part of the "brilliance" of their methodology is controlling the messaging so dissent seems minimal to non-existent, thereby anyone questioning this garbage harbors doubts as to the extent this stuff is actually hated. No one wants to be the lone dissenter and especially since the activists have such power over institutions that can deal out punishment to dissent and non-conformity.
@@justasimpleguy7211 They understand what it means, but they don't know what to do with it. They will shake things up and ruin some lives, but because they don't know what the justice they demand looks like they won't know how to get there. It's the blind leading the stupid. And because they're so stupid and power hungry they are going to make clumsy power grabs which will expose them along the way. That said, every sentient being in this country needs to fight them .
@@pje8462 My concern is along the way they will accumulate too much power. Far too much power for it to be easily reversed without a nasty fight. Truth is I think we are already at that point and beyond.
@@justasimpleguy7211 I agree. What scares me is not that they've taken over the university, but that they've already taken over everything. Of course the media, Hollywood, and pro sports., but the CIA?? The Pentagon?? It is SO much to fight at the same time, but I think people are waking up. Is it too late? It could be, but we have no choice but to fight. That said, I maintain, these people are very stupid, so we stand a chance.
@@pje8462 The people at the top pushing it are not stupid. They are very, very smart revolutionaries. They don't want it to work because broke and chaos empowers them. Achieving "Utopia" renders them unnecessary and they can't have that. These are extraordinarily duplicative, devious and self-serving people and their only goal is power. They don't intend on fixing anything except their grip on power.
I’m so interested to see if this is having an effect on enrollment or donations. I know several kids who have made their decisions based on how much CRT is pushed on campus. Sadly, unless you can afford a small number of private Christian Universities, there is no avoiding it.
Every time James opens his mouth I’m there with my pens including high lighters and pad ready to get educated fabulous and frightening insights and info always thank you for all your educational work and most importantly your precious time ♥️ the crux of this explaination is that various political interest groups wish to turn the colleges into factories churning out woke Robots 🤖 who are ideologically correct or woke .
@Chan Phoenix...They teach to gain converts to the cult. Grew up in a religious abusive atmosphere. When I heard the racist talk increasing several years back on public radio (I listen to talk radio a lot) I had to turn it off. Way before BLM, CRT being in the public purview I wondered when someone was going to call out this culty thinking. No one on the lib side did. It was only religious conservatives that did. Then, finally people like Jordan Peterson, Douglas Murray etc. Glad Lindsay is doing this work. It's parents, and other leaders that are going to have to go after these vampires. It's the kids they are after!!
@@serpentines6356 have Faith the wheel will turn and the old common sense will come back all Marxist revolutions are inherently unstable even the Soviet Union ended up as a police state
My church is doing this. I did a cut/paste from the last chapter of Cynical Theories of the principle statements and submitted it. Please don't sue me for copyright infringement.
This doesn't surprise me at all, coming out of Austin. Austin is the Bay Area of Texas. Austin is a great place. I enjoy visiting there (I live in Dallas). But Austin prides itself on being "weird" (a popular bumper sticker says "Keep Austin weird"). So sad. UT used to be a top of the line university.
If they were JP Sears "weird", then it would be a fun place. Maybe you could make a T-Shirt that says, "I ain't woke, I like liberty", walk around, and see what happens. 🤪
The question for me is, why are so many institutions, and people caving to this nuttery? Now that merit based high schools are not going by merit, (too many Asians) and colleges are doing away with SAT scores etc., what is to become of youngsters that need, and like the challenge? Where is the backlash from parents? I wasn't a brilliant academic type, but my brothers were. I am pretty sure my one deceased brother would be appalled at this stuff. He was a brainiac, and couldn't stand getting anything less than an A. Believe it or not I still have old report cards, and I was surprised to find one C on it. It was in math, and his tutor was my other brother whose specialty is math. Yes, he got an A the next semester. What about kids growing up now? What schools are still teaching excellence in work, and character?
Mr. Lindsay, why don't you sum it up in one word; APPEASEMENT! This train wreck will ultimately lead to one upmanship among "higher education institutions" and the downfall of our country.
We never should have allowed the idea that the world owes you something because of your ethnicity or gender or whatever to get so out of hand. We should have discouraged it a long time ago, but the opposite happened.The only thing that matters is that we treat everybody decently TODAY, not based on how any people were treated in the past. I'm gay and biracial and I don't think anybody owes me shit. For what? Nobody's oppressing me or victimizing me. But it's just kind of taken for granted today that certain people are owed something because of the past. And it is totally unnecessary and counterproductive to think this way. It is just something that is not needed. In fact, I think it is exactly what causes all the problems.
I don't know if my alma mater, Univ. of North Texas is as bad as UT but I have the utmost faith it will get there pretty soon. Higher Ed is fvcked. Save your money and sanity. Don't enroll or let your kids enroll.
Thank you so much for deciphering that institutional brainwashing manifesto. Like you said, it is so word-heavy, we can assume its proponents wrote it in such a way that no sane person would have the patience to read it meticulously.
@@131alexa It's not. James Lindsay, in the "A values based approach to leaving wokeness behind" podcast, mocked trads, called them LARPers, essentially. He proposed his liberal program as an alternative to the trads. His ideals are good and all but good vibes won't win this battle. People won't care about beauty, truth and black dudes listening to White music when they disrupted the food supply and decide to give up their pretense of being a liberal democracy. This isn't going to blow over anytime soon. The liberal approach will start showing its cracks before long.
Dei, n. pl, Latin: Gods. Was the acronym picked with this in mind or is it just another case of the humor of the universe? R.I.P. University of Texas Austin.
I started in 2017 and am not graduating in a while: so far this diversity stuff has been a bit of an annoyance but hasn't been too much of a pain in the ass. I usually just keep my head down and stick to my own things.
@@NiSE_Rafter Integrity demands it, you will find like minded people that way, you might even persuade some. If everyone spoke their mind this intellectual cancer could be dealt with.
@@SamTipton Look man I understand and agree with what you're saying but I'm already having enough trouble getting through my engineering degree, don't need extra stress on top of that. I do offer my perspective to friends (I'm basically the only one on this side in my groups) but that's about as much as I'm willing to do. I already find it difficult enough trying to keep from falling too deeply into the pit of depression as it is.
I'm sure plenty of people never hear back about university positions they've applied for, but I wouldn't be surprised if my DEI statements got me instantly disqualified and blacklisted, even when I have personal connections to the schools.
65 mins in and i wish I was doing a frequency analysis of the key terms like diversity etc. Why have I not heard anything about teaching and research excellence? What the actual...I reckon that matter how woke i performed it would not help my professional development
Fill a slot? Reality is, we all are Double A players. One will stand in for another most of the time with no effect on the team. Most of the time, there is no "most qualified". Only politics, public relations needs and, at best "fit" can determine who gets a job.
Heard an interview with the author of, "Woke Inc." Highly recommend listening to one. He seemed to answer some of my Q's about, "why is this wokey bs being so perpetuated everywhere?"
@ Sam Tipton. Find parents around the country that are speaking up. Some are. Support them! Find people in your own community that are questioning this stuff, and see if they are speaking up at school boards if CRT is becoming a problem!
@Guy Fawkes55 Yeah, but I am one of those people who doesn't like to see Gov't banning, and getting involved in social/cultural issues like this. People themselves need to argue it out I think.
There are numerous criteria that have to be met in order to file a lawsuit. He would not meet the threshold criteria of "standing". A litigant must have a personal stake in the case, that's what standing means.
One of the main reasons that I went into Physics and Engineering at University was precisely because these fields were egalitatian. It truly doesn't matter whether the physicist is white or black. gay, straight, tall, short. attractive, ugly charismatic, or completely antisocial or just plane pathetic and weird. THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERED WAS THE QUALITY OF THE SCIENCE. Hell, for a few decades there the premier physicist in the world was a terribly sick and helpless little man in a wheelchair who had to talk through a machine - and everyone revered him for his mind.
James, don’t worry so much about the length of the videos. At least for certain topics or ideas. Just let it happen, let happen naturally.
Even if it ends up being a 5 hour video or something, speaking for myself at least, I don’t particularly care about the length. Most of the time I’m quite absorbed in the topic and not paying attention to the time.
Like or dislike here if you agree with this, fellow subscribers! Give the man some feedback.
I could easily listen to Jim for 8 hours straight. One of the most on-point intellectuals on the planet.
100% agree. Long videos are great, you just take it in parts or up the speed if needed.
Of course, James should only make as much as he can handle.
I listened to the 4+ hours video on why Hitler is a socialist... I can listen here for 5 hours for sure!
Agreed, just let it happen. Up to a point. Near two hour lectures are common enough, if you can just take a break, which we can, so.
This feels like a good use of the "like to agree". I Liked and encourage those who prefer something on the shorter side to give that thumbs-down as well!
Love your work - hate to see my alma mater represented in it. But I can’t say I’m surprised. When Admiral Will McRaven stepped down as chancellor of UT in 2018, he warned that he viewed the US education system as our greatest national security threat. He’s not wrong.
If UT is your alma mater, then you should contact them and protest these shenanigans. Threaten to withold any donations to the school and claim you will pass the word to other graduates you know if they do not address the mess.
Is there a clip of him saying that online? I am a student at UT and Hartsul gave his state of the university address a few weeks ago. It did not mention this stuff too much.
The "well-being" part is key. Hiring people on the basis of ideological fit (as opposed to competence) will produce unhappy "hires" who will need to be coddled, and shielded from competent staffers who will need to be disciplined and intimidated by yet more commissars. Cancers do grow...
I'm dealing with it. People are stricken by institutional apathy. We're dealing with dying patients. This is unacceptable. I'm an entry level worker running logistics at a managerial level because nobody cares. I will probably be fired soon for calling people out. I weep for my countrymen. Our mission shifted from OUR JOB to social justice and climate change. Yet one of our "Principals" is impartiality. Sure thing...
We're done.
So true! Marxism, from the start of where it says that you are in false consciousness if you are enjoying a good job, shows that not only is it well-being but their definition of what well-being is that is the key. They don't even care how anyone feels, only that they agree.
It’s already here!
@@PrideAssass1n Well someone better say something because it will drag the nation into irreversible decline. Also watch “Chernobyl” on HBO.
@Tony Johnson...Oh, I hope you are making it through ok. I can tell you are a very good, conscientious worker. Very good, right on point about instead of being a good worker, it's about these other political agendas. And wrong headed agendas in my mind.
Good luck with everything!!!
"The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy."
James podcasts are the only podcasts where I don’t care how long they are. They could be 24hrs and I’d still listen, even celebrate!
In 1999 I was working for the Gov't of Canada and had to attend a training session on group hiring "targets" (i.e., quotas). I asked if there was a reverse gear once targets were met. Nope. It was a one way ride; a crash course to disaster.
It's the same reason that when "marginalized communities" exceed their population percentage in any given institution (the benchmark the woke use for determining "equity"), it quietly goes unmentioned, while a place like Berkley, with a 30% white student body is still in need of diversification. The whole dogma is twisted as fuck.
@@D00kerT Have you seen commercials in the US lately? The ‘representation’ would make you think nearly everyone in the US is black, Asian or Hispanic.
Good for you for asking though.
Nobody ever asks liberals of any stripe at which point their goals will have been achieved.
@@Individual_Lives_Matter Yeah. I had to laugh when I noticed that. I don't even have tv., and it was the same all over the internet, and on signs in our bookstores. I think it's getting a bit more balanced again.
I recall reading "Hunt for Red October" and asking myself, "How will I know when my own country has digressed this far?". I concluded that when all organizations (such as a nuclear sub) had a "political officer" on board, that would be a telling sign. Turns out, in 2021, all major corporations, universities, and government agencies have "political officers" that are generally called "diversity czars" or something like that.
The military has had a political officer with every unit since the Clinton era in the 1990s.
Amazing
Check out the book/author of "Woke Inc." The author explains some of this. Overwhelming. "We the people" can't give up.
James, my dude, you could go for 3 hours and I'd be disappointed that it was too short! My wife usually blows up the kitchen when cooking and I end up cleaning it up. When your podcasts' come out, I actually look forward to it!!!!
This is what in the Soviet Union was called "water." Meaningless, but polit. correct drivel. All school kids had to learn to speak and write like that. That's what literature and history classes were largely dedicated to. Language/literature exams tested one's ability to make water. I was particularly bad at it. Source of much of my trouble regarding school.
After graduating those who could make water well had an opportunity to make a career "along the Party line."
Thank you for sharing your story.
I work for a Fortune 50 company in Texas for the last 20 years, and we are moving full steam ahead with these diversity/equity goals. We've had diversity training explicitly structured around Ibram Kendi's _How to Be an Anti-racist_, and our hiring practices have definitely shifted in this new direction. I can tell you this though - this stuff changes nothing as far as the attitudes of the employees. It goes in one ear and out the other. We've never had race issues and we've always had a diverse workforce. The standards for what good work is, and opinions on who a good worker is, have not changed at all, regardless of who they hire. Those standards exist among the workforce and mid-level management, and our workloads are so integrated, that when someone is missing the mark, it gets around fast, and that person gets managed right out of the business. We've always had very high turnover rates.
Thank you for all your hard work.
Its about WHAT to think. Not about HOW to think. Feelings and opinions are more important than facts and figures.
I probably won't listen to all of this 'cuz I kinda get it already. Here's my UT Austin story: applied for an open position in late 80's, early 90's in their computer department. Took a test, for which I was forewarned: 'guessing is counter-productive'. Then went immediately after test scoring to interview with computer supervisor. As the HR senior official walked me to the computer department, he asked: 'did you guess on any of the test?' I answered, surprised at the question, 'no, you warned me guessing was counter-productive.' He replied, ' just wondering as you are only the 3rd person in all these tests to get one certain question correct.' Wow, I thought, this bodes well! Well, until we reached the computer room and the male Hispanic turned and saw me and did everything but gag at a middle-aged albeit youthful-looking, white, female. I knew I was doomed, He knew I was doomed. And sure enough, the disappointing call came the same day. Bias against my whiteness happened repeatedly in my life, happens to this day. We deny it at our peril. We are humans, humans have biases, case closed. And Identity politics proves the case.
Oh, that is heartbreaking. This is so sickening.
I sure hope you found a good job.
it's fitting that they have to always have to go out of their way with the order of the letters of the acronym to avoid calling it "DIE", which would be too accurate
Thanks. I’ve got a copy of one of Gramsci’s books on the way. I want to read up more on the origins of this. Most of the current proponents don’t even understand from whence it came. I’m amazed how quickly things are moving now. Just like in the USSR, when the results aren’t what they expect they will accuse the “wreckers” and do everything they can to punish those who question their plans. Gad Saad keeps trying to point out they’ve got the “E” and “I” backwards in their acronym; it’s much more descriptive as Diversity, Inclusion and Equity.
You need your head examining! Good luck.
The Iron Curtain by Anne Applebaum might also interest you. It’s full of examples of the application of ideology in place of common sense.
Mr Lindsey, you should look into the comicbook industry... they seem to be an industry that embraced D&E... and the industry has seriously tanked... regardless of the pandemic they were already in a downward spiral
This is precisely where the battle lines were first drawn. Gamergate and the erosion of plot and credibility of character development through ideological promotion of atypical/inverse behaviour and values.
@@andyjarman4958 And now we have Tanehesi Coates writing Superman.
Anyone remember feminist snow plowing in Stockholm Sweden and how well that worked out? I'd laugh except for the fact this insanity is now in our military including SOCOM. MAD will have a new meaning - Mutually Assured Delusion...
Didn't they destroy Superman a while ago?
He became a "citizen of the world." Not an American Icon?
I do not remember feminist snow plowing in Sweden.
I love the MAD though...And unfortunately China, and Russia must be cracking up at our delusions.
Biden is freakin' weak. And all my friends are Trump haters, Bernie lovers. Of course, they don't really want to listen to my differing opinions.
This is one of the most coherent examples of James Lindsay's writing you are ever likely to see in your lifetime.
Keep fighting the good fight James!
Thanks again for sharing! What your doing is great, please keep up the good work. People are finally catching up to you.
Finding the end of the communist rainbow is hard :(
Cause it stops raining and the sun shines again...?
When you reach the end of the communist rainbow and realize there is nothing there
It wasn't a real communist rainbow
@@robertlandry5974 Real Communist Rainbows haven't been tried yet.
None of this is because of communism. This is all liberalism.
There is a difference between 'liberalism', and 'leftism.'
I consider myself 'liberal', and I hate all this leftism crap. Absolutely hate it.
It will never be deemed illegal if its not challenged in court.
Good read of the rules for the inner party.
I feel sorry for James having to go through this, trying to make sense out of this drivel.
So true, what mind warping tripe.
He is truly determined cos the mans head must be absolutely fried from ploughing through this shit
That sentence, James, about increasing yeilds... that one word - yeilds - speaks volumes. Apple farmers want to increase their yeilds. So do money managers and equity managers.
On a crash course to disaster? You are so right James. We are so screwed. Recovering our senses will take decades, and many of them.
God I hope so. I am from Poland. We had a run with those ideas for half century. What is absolutely frightening is it simply dressed in new suit and no one recognizes it. we never learned what hit us.
@@michagajek2110 - Czeslow Milosz's The Captive Mind presents an excellent analysis of the nightmarish "enslavement through consciousness" that pertains in these Stalinist doctrines.
@@wiseonwords Yes this is a brilliant book. Almost unknown to most of poles. We study his poems in school. But never have anyone mentioned it during education. I was very happy when I found it. But it was through English internet. Not from polish sources. :(
1:13:00 *Guilt by accusation* is a very powerful tool of the CRT activists, it lies at the very core of the enforcement strategy itself.
8:00 reading Derrick bells statement after the bell curve came out reveals a personality that is so in love with itself, it is mind boggling to comprehend. The lack of self awareness on how bad his arguments are (and downright lying about murray and hernstein) is actually entertaining.
the advertisement that played on this video for me was an ad for the MCCA (The Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA) is the premier source of learning, knowledge and future-oriented research on diversity, equity and inclusion for the legal profession.) They are saying that they partnered with Microsoft and so on in order to push trainings on unconscious bias and "bias interruptors".
Not meaning to be black pilled today... but institutions view DIE trainings like implicit bias training as a risk mitigation strategy. Major organizations continue to push it. My company (a not-for-profit health plan) implemented trainings which we were told everyone will attend (but they will not explicitly say are mandatory). True Liberalism has little to no institutional or cultural support, be it in its left, right, or center form.
Silly thing it's DEI as in God, tsk, haven't you noticed?
@@andyjarman4958 blessed be DEI forever.
I prefer longer videos. The asides are why I listen to you and not someone else.
For those of us who do not have all the time in the world, shorter videos are welcome.
Thank you James, you are a hero love the content!!
I went to UT in the late 80s and protested against the University for their Investments of multi millions in apartheid South Africa, now they want to posture about racial equity, I am not convinced.
... already send you money, but I think it's time for more. Great job.
Ever see "the Outlaw Josey Wales"? This sounds like the speech that the "diplomats" in Washington gave to the Cherokee. "We must endeavor to preserve..."
This is when what Dr Lindsay says comes nearest to a rant/polemic. Wholly justified.
The tide is turning on public sentiment towards Wokeness and Critical Theory. People are becoming aware of the implications are finding ways to effectively push back. Onward to victory!
I bloody love these podcasts. Thanks.
"When acceptance is the highest value, when avoiding condemnation online is worth more than the truth, the truth will be swiftly discarded."
(Daniel Idfresne (17) is a senior at Brooklyn Technical High School, USA.)
This is a coordinated push to get these types of ideas into corporations and universities and even government. WHO IS BEHIND IT?!?
I listened to an interview with the author of, "Woke Inc." He goes into that. I highly suggest checking him out.
The Declaration of Independence doesn't guarantee "satisfaction," but only "the pursuit of happiness."
That's because the Founding Fathers actually thought about individual liberty, and self determination.
Imagine that!?
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James is awesome making all these videos.
You trust activists are far as you can throw 'em. You're big and strong. Bet you could them 'em a fair distance. Bet people would pay good money to watch too.
You gotta account for the average activist bmi though.
That's what the broadsword is for.
From a helicopter
I shudder every time I hear "equity" in an email blast at work . . . from the DEI manager . . . at a BANK!! One not long for this world.
The document is masterfully written. If you are woke, then it provides full license to discriminate and select on the basis of ideology instead of merit. If you are not familiar with double speak, then it is meaningless dribble. Thus, whether you are a well intentioned administrator who is supportive of social justice in common parlance or you are a administrator who realizes you must defer to this compelling rhetoric that is taking the stage it seems agreeable enough. I honestly think that a lawyer reviewing this document would have little reservation about ever being held accountable. This will take years to play out and reverse course. In the meantime, institutions that embrace it earliest and strongest will be irreversibly damaged in terms of knowledge output and quality of education.
43:03 Gives away the whole game.
Have you looked at "SEA change" short for STEMM equity achievement? Also Athena Swan (UK), SAGE (AUS) and Dimensions Charter (CAN).
Why do all these policies, open letters, statements from the "office of ____" sound like hostage letters that were written form them.
UT has a very rich very conservative alum. This will be thier undoing guaranteed.
Structural determinism = race essentialism. The bailey for this position is that society treats people as IF they have race essentialism... therefore we have to act like it's real.
It might be that the only way to get through this difficult phase (of religious insanity) is to start new institutions (news outlets, schools, universities, banks, groceries, etc) with explicit woke-proof policies. These would thrive while the woke-infested institutions would fail (slowly at first, then all of a sudden)
yes. burn the old, you can't fix it. make something new.
Very good discussion. I heard UT Austin has declined significantly in the past few years after they installed lib extremist as their president. Several high profile murders on that campus also like the one of that Haruka Wiser. From what I heard, the UT president also agreed with tearing down statues and ripping out cement stones from buildings because some students did not like the names on them.
I always wondered how "gay" do I really need to be to get a gay job position? Because I don't normally talk much about that specific aspect of my life, anf if I pretend to be closeted, would the diversity team fall for it? What if I pretend to have some native ancestors (which is possible)?
Not being sarcastic here, I truly wonder how they deal with people who fake group identity?
On the BBC when they include "gay" presenters they always appear to choose the full on stereotypical "drama queen" types. No Dave Rubin/Douglas Murray types (Gay, but not obvious enough) Which is weird ... most gay people I know are not "camp" to any degree.
As he explained several times, it's not enough to be gay, you have to be educated in the woke ideology. You need to have "critical consciousness" otherwise you aren't *truly* representing the critical struggle or sth... anyway, they'll call you a traitor to your race/sexuality/group identity
Yeah Thulyblu said pretty much what I was gonna say. I would just add that it's unlikely to be able to fake it 'till you make it with the wokist gatekeepers. Cultists always seem to know if someone is speaking their language. The only way someone can do that is if they _truly believe_ this bullshit. If you're not in it mind body and soul, they'll sniff you out and give you the boot..
Oh, it would be so fun to be a black person who doesn't need the job, (pretend that you do), go into an interview and say how you really identify as white, because well, you feel more white now that you are so educated, like to be responsible, and on time, and getting to interview for the good jobs! 😂
Australian/British universities should totally jump on this opportunity to attract top tier US talent.
Problem factory keeps creating problems. What a suprise!
I sure hope that this lunacy self combusts. It seems like it will keep going so long as people remain scared to death of being called racist. Even though the charge these days is almost always disingenuous.
James, can you do a video where you draw/illustrate the parallels to the Soviet systems? (-33:00 min mark)
That would be helpful to show people.
First, Mein k, now Uncle Stalin. Who will they emulate next?!
I call the SJW's, the 'woke' crowd, 'Stalinistas'...Go, ahead I want people to use that term. I think it fits them well.
Amen and Awomen!
It allmost appears to me, that the Cuba crisis back in the day was less dangerous to the U.S. and the West at large than this woke dogma and its deciples.
Keep up the good work bro.
JFK had a hard on for Castro, this stuff is an endogenous cancer.
Equity is just another word for communism. I just talked to a 10th grade teacher out here in Virginia, she said her school was dropping higher math because it hurts the feelings of some students. I'm sure the term might be more "equitable".
God, I hope that is not true.
If true, this is truly horrifying.
Is there going to be any university left in the US in ten years time?
It's Evergreen state university, normalised 😐
Some author said “we’re all on campus now.”
James, I taught at a progressive secondary school for 16 years and we had all of this. I was forced to quit blah, blah, blah.
The fact is, they had no idea how to implement this garbage. Rest assured, you understand what you're reading better than the people at UT do. None of this is good, but we must take solace in the fact that these people are totally incompetent. Also, we must push back (as you're doing) and push back hard.
Oh no, the people pushing this nonsense understand exactly what this means. I'd even say the useful idiots implementing it mostly understand and either think as distasteful as it is it's required because our country is all the activists say it is or they are simply afraid to speak out for fear of reprisal (e.g. being shamed, ostracized, fired or worse).
Part of the "brilliance" of their methodology is controlling the messaging so dissent seems minimal to non-existent, thereby anyone questioning this garbage harbors doubts as to the extent this stuff is actually hated. No one wants to be the lone dissenter and especially since the activists have such power over institutions that can deal out punishment to dissent and non-conformity.
@@justasimpleguy7211 They understand what it means, but they don't know what to do with it. They will shake things up and ruin some lives, but because they don't know what the justice they demand looks like they won't know how to get there. It's the blind leading the stupid. And because they're so stupid and power hungry they are going to make clumsy power grabs which will expose them along the way. That said, every sentient being in this country needs to fight them .
@@pje8462 My concern is along the way they will accumulate too much power. Far too much power for it to be easily reversed without a nasty fight. Truth is I think we are already at that point and beyond.
@@justasimpleguy7211 I agree. What scares me is not that they've taken over the university, but that they've already taken over everything. Of course the media, Hollywood, and pro sports., but the CIA?? The Pentagon?? It is SO much to fight at the same time, but I think people are waking up. Is it too late? It could be, but we have no choice but to fight. That said, I maintain, these people are very stupid, so we stand a chance.
@@pje8462 The people at the top pushing it are not stupid. They are very, very smart revolutionaries. They don't want it to work because broke and chaos empowers them. Achieving "Utopia" renders them unnecessary and they can't have that.
These are extraordinarily duplicative, devious and self-serving people and their only goal is power. They don't intend on fixing anything except their grip on power.
Equality is so different from Equitable. Equity is wholey outcomebased
I’m so interested to see if this is having an effect on enrollment or donations. I know several kids who have made their decisions based on how much CRT is pushed on campus. Sadly, unless you can afford a small number of private Christian Universities, there is no avoiding it.
There is always Hillsdale but they have to pick and choose too.
Every time James opens his mouth I’m there with my pens including high lighters and pad ready to get educated fabulous and frightening insights and info always thank you for all your educational work and most importantly your precious time ♥️ the crux of this explaination is that various political interest groups wish to turn the colleges into factories churning out woke Robots 🤖 who are ideologically correct or woke .
@Chan Phoenix...They teach to gain converts to the cult.
Grew up in a religious abusive atmosphere. When I heard the racist talk increasing several years back on public radio (I listen to talk radio a lot) I had to turn it off. Way before BLM, CRT being in the public purview I wondered when someone was going to call out this culty thinking. No one on the lib side did. It was only religious conservatives that did.
Then, finally people like Jordan Peterson, Douglas Murray etc. Glad Lindsay is doing this work.
It's parents, and other leaders that are going to have to go after these vampires. It's the kids they are after!!
@@serpentines6356 have Faith the wheel will turn and the old common sense will come back all Marxist revolutions are inherently unstable even the Soviet Union ended up as a police state
My church is doing this. I did a cut/paste from the last chapter of Cynical Theories of the principle statements and submitted it. Please don't sue me for copyright infringement.
Austin.....is anyone actually surprised?
This doesn't surprise me at all, coming out of Austin. Austin is the Bay Area of Texas. Austin is a great place. I enjoy visiting there (I live in Dallas). But Austin prides itself on being "weird" (a popular bumper sticker says "Keep Austin weird").
So sad. UT used to be a top of the line university.
nothing weird about austin - how they think they can ride on a 50 year old image is silly
If they were JP Sears "weird", then it would be a fun place.
Maybe you could make a T-Shirt that says, "I ain't woke, I like liberty", walk around, and see what happens.
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What happens when these activists from different identity groups disagree and clash?
Hey...who needs a (CCCP) 5 Year Plan, when you can shorten it to 4 years? :-)
We should have equitable politicians, I will take my turn as a senator in a few years.
The question for me is, why are so many institutions, and people caving to this nuttery? Now that merit based high schools are not going by merit, (too many Asians) and colleges are doing away with SAT scores etc., what is to become of youngsters that need, and like the challenge?
Where is the backlash from parents?
I wasn't a brilliant academic type, but my brothers were. I am pretty sure my one deceased brother would be appalled at this stuff. He was a brainiac, and couldn't stand getting anything less than an A. Believe it or not I still have old report cards, and I was surprised to find one C on it. It was in math, and his tutor was my other brother whose specialty is math. Yes, he got an A the next semester.
What about kids growing up now? What schools are still teaching excellence in work, and character?
@42:50 and following, diabolical strategies summarized.
Mr. Lindsay, why don't you sum it up in one word; APPEASEMENT! This train wreck will ultimately lead to one upmanship among "higher education institutions" and the downfall of our country.
James Lin is such an OG!
We never should have allowed the idea that the world owes you something because of your ethnicity or gender or whatever to get so out of hand. We should have discouraged it a long time ago, but the opposite happened.The only thing that matters is that we treat everybody decently TODAY, not based on how any people were treated in the past. I'm gay and biracial and I don't think anybody owes me shit. For what? Nobody's oppressing me or victimizing me. But it's just kind of taken for granted today that certain people are owed something because of the past. And it is totally unnecessary and counterproductive to think this way. It is just something that is not needed. In fact, I think it is exactly what causes all the problems.
I don't know if my alma mater, Univ. of North Texas is as bad as UT but I have the utmost faith it will get there pretty soon. Higher Ed is fvcked. Save your money and sanity. Don't enroll or let your kids enroll.
Thank you so much for deciphering that institutional brainwashing manifesto. Like you said, it is so word-heavy, we can assume its proponents wrote it in such a way that no sane person would have the patience to read it meticulously.
Filling more burecracies? I could have sworn their whole idea was to "dismantle"
They dont want to lose their sweet, sweet paychecks.
They preach an ideology of 'dismantling', but not for themselves or their positions...
Of course not! Most of us know how socialists really do things when in a sweet spot.
To keep Everyone divided.
Well shit. Because I wanted to get my PhD at UT Austin.
Don’t
Think of it as a lucky escape :)
No, I still want to go. I want my PhD in physics.
Well, good luck, let's hope the tide turns
@@131alexa It's not. James Lindsay, in the "A values based approach to leaving wokeness behind" podcast, mocked trads, called them LARPers, essentially. He proposed his liberal program as an alternative to the trads. His ideals are good and all but good vibes won't win this battle. People won't care about beauty, truth and black dudes listening to White music when they disrupted the food supply and decide to give up their pretense of being a liberal democracy. This isn't going to blow over anytime soon. The liberal approach will start showing its cracks before long.
They are not trying to be inclusive. They are intentionally Excluding specific identity groups.
How repellent. Yes, starve them of funds. Hazlitt was so right: fear not the loafers; fear the reformers.
Dei, n. pl, Latin: Gods.
Was the acronym picked with this in mind or is it just another case of the humor of the universe?
R.I.P. University of Texas Austin.
oh shit, i am actually going to ut austin this fall. kek
I started in 2017 and am not graduating in a while: so far this diversity stuff has been a bit of an annoyance but hasn't been too much of a pain in the ass. I usually just keep my head down and stick to my own things.
@@NiSE_Rafter speak up
@@SamTipton Lol why would I? This demographic is pretty hard headed so it's just be a waste of time. I'd rather enjoy my life doing other stuff.
@@NiSE_Rafter Integrity demands it, you will find like minded people that way, you might even persuade some. If everyone spoke their mind this intellectual cancer could be dealt with.
@@SamTipton Look man I understand and agree with what you're saying but I'm already having enough trouble getting through my engineering degree, don't need extra stress on top of that. I do offer my perspective to friends (I'm basically the only one on this side in my groups) but that's about as much as I'm willing to do.
I already find it difficult enough trying to keep from falling too deeply into the pit of depression as it is.
UT Austin should know better - it has been the losing defendant in several lawsuits concerning race.
Isn't this the way it is in pretty much every Institute of "higher learning" in the U.S.?
Ye shall know the Truth and the Truth will make you uncomfortable.
I'm sure plenty of people never hear back about university positions they've applied for, but I wouldn't be surprised if my DEI statements got me instantly disqualified and blacklisted, even when I have personal connections to the schools.
Good thing a lot of black academics are geniuses
65 mins in and i wish I was doing a frequency analysis of the key terms like diversity etc. Why have I not heard anything about teaching and research excellence? What the actual...I reckon that matter how woke i performed it would not help my professional development
Gota organize a protest!!!!
Advice to applicants: lie or make things up on your application form.
Fill a slot? Reality is, we all are Double A players. One will stand in for another most of the time with no effect on the team. Most of the time, there is no "most qualified". Only politics, public relations needs and, at best "fit" can determine who gets a job.
Heard an interview with the author of, "Woke Inc."
Highly recommend listening to one. He seemed to answer some of my Q's about, "why is this wokey bs being so perpetuated everywhere?"
AI and quantum computer powered tracking will make this program a wrap by 2030.
What skills does DEI require?
Endowment money going to this :/ How do we fight this?
@ Sam Tipton. Find parents around the country that are speaking up. Some are. Support them!
Find people in your own community that are questioning this stuff, and see if they are speaking up at school boards if CRT is becoming a problem!
@Guy Fawkes55 Yeah, but I am one of those people who doesn't like to see Gov't banning, and getting involved in social/cultural issues like this. People themselves need to argue it out I think.
@@serpentines6356 oh yes, the sit on your hands trick. Stalin loved it.
Are you immune to this ideology James?
You seem to have a deep understating of this yet you are not infected.
He is relatively low in the personality dimension of agreeableness. This makes one resistant to what would be conventionally called peer pressure.
James what's stopping you from putting together a legal team for going after these people?
There are numerous criteria that have to be met in order to file a lawsuit. He would not meet the threshold criteria of "standing". A litigant must have a personal stake in the case, that's what standing means.
One of the main reasons that I went into Physics and Engineering at University was precisely because these fields were egalitatian.
It truly doesn't matter whether the physicist is white or black. gay, straight, tall, short. attractive, ugly charismatic, or completely antisocial or just plane pathetic and weird. THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERED WAS THE QUALITY OF THE SCIENCE. Hell, for a few decades there the premier physicist in the world was a terribly sick and helpless little man in a wheelchair who had to talk through a machine - and everyone revered him for his mind.