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ERIC Number: EJ1332757
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 8
Abstractor: ERIC
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ISSN: ISSN-0895-4852
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More Diversity? Talk Is Cheap
Carl, Noah
Academic Questions, v34 n1 p79-86 2021
Any academic from an overrepresented group who advocates more "diversity" is directly contributing to the lack of "diversity" by remaining in his position. Assuming the number of jobs is relatively fixed, such an individual is effectively saying, "I want the percentage of academics who have the same demographic characteristics as me to go down, but I am not willing to give up my job in order to achieve that goal. Rather, I want other academics with those demographic characteristics to give up their jobs, or to lose job opportunities." In this article, Noah Carl argues that this is not a principled stance. Academics from overrepresented groups who are in favor of more "diversity" have an obligation to resign, and they should continue to fulfil this obligation until the demographic composition of academia matches the demographic composition of the general population.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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