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0 pointsAlexandrB1y ago0 comments

> academia used to be basically off-limits to anyone not white and male.

How long ago was that? In Canada 60% of college grads are women[1]. In the US the story is similar and the gap is widening[2]. Part of the reason that some left wing ideas seem so out of touch is because they are. People are still parroting social problems from the 1960s as justification for policy in 2024.

[1] https://heqco.ca/pub/understanding-the-gender-gap-in-postsec...

[2] https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2024/08/07/wome...

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Xelynega1y ago

How many of these women are graduating from programs that people wanting to eliminate DEI see as "unimportant"?

It's also interesting to see statistics brought up about women and not races, since the percentage that identifies as "Black or African American" is still underrepresented: https://pnpi.org/factsheets/black-students/

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