Category: diversity

Rex Murphy: Controversy Over Ontario Teacher With Large Fake Breasts May Challenge the Dominance of Woke Ideology

Commentary It was encouraging to see some parents—and students—come out in protest Sept. 23 against the patent lunacy going on in the Oakville Trafalgar High School in Ontario. Some schools, and especially some school boards all over the continent, are increasingly becoming highlighted for their furious embrace of “diversity, identity, and so-called inclusion”—an embrace that in the…


UK Admits ‘Mistakes’ After RAF Allegedly Discriminated Against White Men to Boost Diversity

The UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has admitted that “some mistakes were made” in recruitment after it was reported the Royal Air Force (RAF) unlawfully discriminated against white men in an attempt to boost diversity. Sky News reported in August that the RAF’s head of recruitment resigned after refusing to follow an order to prioritise…


John Robson: Gap Between ‘Social Justice Warrior’ and ‘Warrior’ Sums Up Canadian Military’s Recruiting Crisis

Commentary It doesn’t seem so long ago that you could say “social justice” bears the same relationship to “justice” as “social worker” does to “worker,” and warn that integrating female soldiers into front-line combat would devastate military effectiveness. Nowadays such things are taboo. But the Canadian military’s recruiting crisis suggests a lingering gap between “social…


The ‘Born to Fail’ Era of Entertainment

Commentary “Go Woke, Go Broke” is a Western phenomenon where companies dip their toe into activist waters only to find that fringe ideologies do not represent their customer base. As a result, customers stop buying their products and the whole thing ends in awkward apologies and a shiny new marketing campaign. Think “men are bad,…


72 Percent of Top US Medical Schools Using Identity, Racial Politics in Admissions Process: Report

The majority of America’s top-ranked medical schools are injecting racial politics into the admissions process, according to a review conducted by the medical advocacy group Do No Harm. The review (pdf), published in August, found that 72 percent of the nation’s top 50 schools and 80 percent of the top 10 schools ask probing questions to determine applicants’…


Feds Spent Over $177,000 in Search of Minority Appointees to Fill Deputy Minister Roles: Documents

The central department of the federal government spent nearly $180,000 searching for black and indigenous appointees to fill roles as deputy ministers, yet the process resulted in few interested candidates, according to government records. The records, obtained through Access to Information by Blacklock’s Reporter, noted that the Privy Council Office had paid corporate headhunters a…


Trudeau Promises Complete Review of Funding to Anti-Racism Group After ‘Vile’ Tweets

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is conducting a “complete review” of funding to an anti-racism group whose senior consultant sent a series of tweets about “Jewish white supremacists.” Trudeau says the government is putting in place procedures to make sure that no hateful organization or individual receives public money in the future….


Is Diversity Our Strength? Please

Commentary In response to a question about the Minneapolis policy to first fire white teachers before BIPOC teachers, the Democrat-affiliated panelist replies, “Diversity is our strength!” She would have actually answered the question if she had said, “Racism is our strength!” This panelist was in good company with her assertion that “Diversity is our strength!”…


Women Take Over Public Service

Commentary Liz Truss, who may well become the next UK Conservative Party leader, has pledged to slash 350 woke jobs from the civil service, claiming such jobs “distract from delivering on the British people’s priorities.” It would take a lot more to rid the Australian government of ideologues working against the priorities of ordinary people….


The Education Deep State Consensus: Diversity Above Equality

Commentary In late July, Harvard University and the University of North Carolina (UNC) submitted their response briefs to the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) in two lawsuits against the institutions’ admissions processes. The cases, filed by Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), are going to be heard on October 31, 2022. Following the responses, a slew…