Minority professor denied grants because he hires on merit

[impact]

Timely article with excellent points made.
This professor tells it like it is while everyone else is self censoring.

"I don't care about the colour of your skin. I'm interested in hiring someone who wants to work on the project and is good at it,' Prof. Patanjali Kambhampati says"

"Patanjali Kambhampati, a professor in the chemistry department at Montreal's McGill University, believes the death knell for the latest grant was a line in the application form where he was asked about hiring staff based on diversity and inclusion considerations. He says his mistake was maintaining that he would hire on merit any research assistant who was qualified, regardless of their identity."

"Kambhampati said he didn't go public after the first grant was rejected but decided to speak out now because the increasing use by the government of equity, diversity and inclusion, aka EDI, provisions, as well as woke culture, are killing innovation, harming science and disrupting society."

"Because both applications were rejected at the bureaucratic level, it means that neither proceeded to the step where they would be forward to other scientists to review Kambhampati's proposals."

"There's a lot of self-censoring. And certainly you see it among young people in the university. So young people in the university self-censor a lot. Now they are afraid to talk. That's no way to advance our understanding of the world."

"As a scientist, our job is to think about how nature works, ask questions, and find answers without prejudice. We cannot do that anymore. We cannot ask how humans work, and how science and nature work, because the woke are interfering with us and saying, You can't ask those questions. You're a racist. You're a sexist. You're a homophobe. You're a colonialist. You're a something. There's some way in which the woke are trying to get people (so they're) no longer asking meaningful questions."


"People are afraid to think. People are afraid to say what they think."

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada...raid-to-think/

[Gilroy]

I am pretty sure I found your answer do I get a prize.

"Lmao, this kinda prof exemplifies so well the right wing / conservative politics of our time. They will do and and say everything in their power to frame any situation as one where they are being oppressed by some supposedly “woke” majority/opinion. Then of course, present themselves as one of the last martyr/hero defending [insert misunderstood issue here]."

https://www.reddit.com/r/mcgill/

There were lots of comments about his poor teaching skills and other problems but this comment would probably mirror mine.

[impact]

I am pretty sure I found your answer do I get a prize.

"Lmao, this kinda prof exemplifies so well the right wing / conservative politics of our time. They will do and and say everything in their power to frame any situation as one where they are being oppressed by some supposedly “woke” majority/opinion. Then of course, present themselves as one of the last martyr/hero defending [insert misunderstood issue here]."

https://www.reddit.com/r/mcgill/

There were lots of comments about his poor teaching skills and other problems but this comment would probably mirror mine.

All the left can do is assassinate characters. They are defenseless when faced with the truth.
Guess is why they are called Lieberals.

[Badenoch]

If you are taking the Queen's shilling you do the Queen's bidding. The guy's a bit thick to make a grant request and not perform the expected dance when asked about "diversity and inclusion." Give them the answer they want, get your money and carry on.

[impact]

If you are taking the Queen's shilling you do the Queen's bidding. The guy's a bit thick to make a grant request and not perform the expected dance when asked about "diversity and inclusion." Give them the answer they want, get your money and carry on.

Then a person accepting becomes part of a corrupt system.
Looks like you would be a willing participant.

No wonder our economy is crashing. Our workforce is being diluted with woke ideology.

[Badenoch]

Then a person accepting becomes part of a corrupt system.
Looks like you would be a willing participant.

No wonder our economy is crashing. Our workforce is being diluted with woke ideology.

He became part of the system when he accepted a position at the university. It's no secret granting agencies ask about diversity and inclusion. Tick the box on the form, get your money and move on or don't ask for the money in the first place.

[canadaman30]

All the left can do is assassinate characters. They are defenseless when faced with the truth.
Guess is why they are called Lieberals.

I agree 100%
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[Tigboy 304]

All the left can do is assassinate characters. They are defenseless when faced with the truth.
Guess is why they are called Lieberals.

That sums it up rather nicely in 3 sentences. Short and sweet!!!

[JoePa]

Just ask yourself if you would like to go see a doctor because you are sick and then realize that the doctor was in medical school because of diversity and inclusion and not on merit - this whole thing comes about because certain people can't compete on a level playing field so they are given a pass on everything but merit

[MikePal]

Just ask yourself if you would like to go see a doctor because you are sick and then realize that the doctor was in medical school because of diversity and inclusion and not on merit - this whole thing comes about because certain people can't compete on a level playing field so they are given a pass on everything but merit

Affirmative Action was a dismal failure in the past Joe..and yet they are doing it again now with gender and diversity equality goals. Merit is not a consideration anymore.

Not hiring someone because she is woman is as sexist as hiring her because she is a woman.

Same with race. If you hire because of skin colour you're just as much as racist than if you don't hire them due to their race.

It works both ways unless your a 'progressive' in which case gender/race equity goals are more important than substance and merit.