Diversity Statements: A Threat to Ideological Diversity

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The UCLA office of inequity, diversity and inclusion says it is unequivocal about its position on the issue. It's trivially true at this point that these statements quote signal and allegiance to a certain set of beliefs," he said. "It is not clear what good they do ... This is still quoting" He continued: "I'm not convinced still that diversity statements are a good way to actually measure whether somebody has been doing that."

A VBW exclusive report! For years David and Tamler have been a little dismissive of fears about cancel culture in academia but now the SJWs have come for one of our own! We welcome back Yoel Inbar to talk about his experience applying for a position at UCLA psychology only to have his candidacy pulled at the last minute because of remarks he made on his podcast (!) about diversity statements. What does this mean for freedom of expression in academia? Should we advise our students and younger faculty to watch what they say when it comes to politically charged topics? Are they really going to start combing through podcast episodes now – is nothing sacred?

Plus another case of fraud in psychology comes to light courtesy of the Data Colada guys.

Data Colada post about Gino fraud