Is there a black Euler equation? A female logistical curve? A queer electron mass? Such questions once were nonsensical. Now, they are taken seriously, even at America’s premier institutions dedicated to science and technology. The identitarian politics of “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) now rule.
How did this happen? For the past year, three scholars at the National Association of Scholars (NAS) have been taking a deep dive into how DEI ideology came to dominate three top-notch technical universities. In Should Science Go to DIE, Mason Goad explores the rise of DEI mania at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Louis Galarowicz and Mason Goad do the same for Georgia Tech in A Ramblin’ Wreck Over the Rainbow. And Ian Oxnevad turns over rocks to expose Diversity Rocket Science at Caltech.
Along the way, they outline the long history of DEI insinuation into these institutions, showing how all were already well-placed for the revolutionary moment presented by George Floyd’s death. Each study explores the diverse effects of the takeover, from the descent into frivolity (MIT), the compromise of national security (Georgia Tech), and capitulation for foreign powers (Caltech).
Read all three case studies here.
This event features Mason Goad, NAS Research Fellow, and author of Should Science Go to DIE and co-author of A Ramblin’ Wreck Over the Rainbow; and Ian Oxnevad, NAS Senior Fellow for Foreign Affairs and Security Studies and author of Diversity Rocket Science at Caltech. J Scott Turner, NAS Director of Science Programs, moderated this event.
