It's been like this and only getting worse for 30 years. I had a girlfriend in college, she was white, who did not receive a scholarship. No, it went to a well-to-do person of color. The girl I dated grew up in a trailer; brilliant but poor. Neither me, nor any of my roommates, qualified for scholarships or grant programs. They ALL went to women and POC. It's not been based on merit for a long time. Now that the system is geared to their favor, they can look down and call people like me racists for raising my hand and saying, "What happened to judging based on character, not color?"
Same thing happened to two people I know who applied to Harvard. A dirt-poor white male and an upper-middle-class black female who were both brilliant and skilled; but the guy couldn't afford it without a partial scholarship. The woman could've afforded it (via her parents), but she got the scholarship. I'm neither black nor white, so I don't have a car in this race; but I can see it's unfair.
Not that I disagree with the unfairness of this kind of discrimination, but how do you know that said scholarships went to POC or women? Did they tell your GF that her spot was taken by a well-to-do POC?
Hey Chris thanks for your work. This kind of stuff is ubiquitous in Universities today. I studied at the University of Nebraska and there was a job posting in a student group that was only for women and POC. We were told not to apply if you were a white man. The crazy thing is that I don’t even think it’s illegal because of affirmative action legislation. There’s also a lot of this stuff going on in NAESC. Would be happy to speak with you about it.
Just listening to a stuffy English history lecture and an American intellectual mentioned Matt Walsh and some bloke called Chris Rufo were doing the Republican Party's job of pushing back against wokeism. So here I am. First time listener, subscribed.
A good way to end this... 2 bridges are built/maintained, one built by the best engineers and builders (merit), the other by diversity only in all aspects. You only get to use one of these bridges for the rest of your life and the chasm is 1000 ft deep.
This is so shameful. I finished up my undergrad at UCF from 2015 - 2017. Early in 2017 there was a Dem Socialist student group that harrassed the UCF conservative group in the Student Union. They even started stealing and ripping up the conservative student's signs and sign-up sheets. The UCF admin were very quick to reprimand the culprits and make them financially compensate the Con group. They then put out a statement reminding everyone that disagreement with someone's views does not give you license to harass them and destroy property, especially on a college campus. I was proud of my school at the time for promptly and approporately standing up the "progressive" bullies, but it seems like their brains have since been broken and now they're on the same bullshit as every other school. Thanks for your work and uncovering the rot, Chris. Sad to watch :(
5:18 I'm Asexual, not "Ace". 🤦🏾♀️ And I have friends of many different colors and sexual orientations and we care about character, not color or orientation. We don't want to be divided by immutable characteristics. We want to choose our friends by character. And "Latinx" and "Ace" are CRT terms which many people in the relevant cohorts do NOT want.
Chris, I always learn something new listening to your videos. You steer away from pat answers and your opinions are well thought out. You challenge me to think. I pray all the best for you.
Faculty hiring has been affected by color, gender etc. for a long time; however it sounds like Central Florida has taken this to a whole other level. I don't think you should call this foolishness "left wing"; rather it is just foolishness.
Bravo! But the fact remains that I *cannot comprehend how they’ve gotten and ARE getting, away with it* . I mean, they have their criminal behavior right there in black and white in their policies! Abolishing then should be a piece of cake…should be😦
You cannot fight racism, sexism, bigotry, hatred, ignorance, gaslighting, close-mindedness and intolerance with even more racism, sexism, bigotry, hatred, ignorance, gaslighting, close-mindedness and intolerance, especially if you're trying to group them as "oppressors" and "oppressed". End of.
1984, I wanted a 2000 dollar loan to go to college. I made 4 bucks per hour. I was refused because I couldn't check a box, black, Hispanic, Pacific Islander. I'm 1st born in America from Holocaust survivor parent and adopted mother. All family served in military, helped found the community we lived in.. But not from the right minority. Mom spent her life teaching ESL to other refugees who left Vietnam. But I her son didn't count for the right box to be checked.. I learned right then what a sham "equal opportunity and affirmative action" was. It's just preferential treatment for protected classes and NOT for those like my family who fully joined America and didn't stay ethnic or tribal.
Looking forward. Well.. you gotta so do something. Namely a lawsuit OR it will just get worse. And all the individuals how implemented the racist policies need to be fire, put in trial, and thrown in prison for violating law, namely the federal civil rights law.
Create universities that DO NOT subscribe to DEI doctrines. Candidates based upon merit will then ACHIEVE at a higher rate than at universities WITH DEI indoctrination programs. Those stats will compel new students to attend the NEW universities based upon MERIT & will over time defund those universities that rely upon DEI doctrines. That is the ONLY solution. Give people a choice & allow the educational marketplace to dictate successful outcomes. One step in the right direction will be the passage of Federal laws that ensure Educational Transparency, so that EVERYTHING schoolboards, faculty, administrations, alumni are doing is open & free to the public.
people should not be judged be appearance or descent but by the content of their character. Martin Luther King also said stupidity to your enemies leave only cause more pain and many people forget that. watch the documentary about coronation park South Africa you will see what I mean.
Well said!! What I don’t understand is how this has gone on for so long without anyone acknowledging it and bringing it forward. I mean there have been rumblings, but nothing even remotely mainstream. Hurray for Florida! May many other states use this as a model.
As sad as this has been for the U of CF the reality goes well beyond the Floridian borders. This is how it looks when the student rises to teach. It's been happening throughout the Western world.
What’s crazy is that I don’t think UCF alumni are in line with the DEI programming. And that’s true with Florida State and all the other schools that have a prominent and aggressive DEI program. And while you’re taking the fight to them, the alumni just want to sit on the sidelines. Like lemmings who think this is not their fight. When they come to realize that it actually is their fight, it’ll be too late. Classic late stage empire thought process.
I hope this gets fixed soon. I have 3 teenage daughters that are all straight A students but I can't afford to put them through college. I hope to God they can receive a grant or scholarship but my kids are.... you guessed it.. they are white. They have earned the right to further their education
You might not want to send them to college anyway. They are mostly indoctrinating our youth. There is not much true education going on there. I have a master's degree in education, and I discouraged 3 of my 4 children from going to a 4 year college. One of my children wanted to be an engineer, so he went. But, if they are not planning to study Engineering, Pre-Law or Medicine they will be ahead in life by getting a good start working and earning money sooner. Community colleges may still be teaching the trades- and the trades can pay well. One of my children went to community College and he bought a house at age 27. He could have done it sooner, but he wasn't sure what he wanted. College isn't all it's cracked up to be. College debt will drown kids, making it harder for them to get a good start in life. Just something to think about. Everyone's situation is different.
Hm. That's a good question. He is discerning with his words so I assume he has a reason to use "racialists" as opposed to "racist." I think people who employ anti-discrimination tactics are racists, personally, but perhaps Chris isn't as wont to label them as nefarious?
THE diametrically opposed way of such is the teaching present in A Course In Miracles (ACIM), whose Author is -- actually now -- Jesus. Thru a scribe. It's for those who would know "the Kingdom in within". The teachings about the body make this particularly apparent. The body is the chosen home of the ego; it was made to LIMIT Love. We are one; when you have many, you have unequality (on the horizonal plane). Vertically, we are not apart. All learn the same lesson: love. You are love. Not a body. That is the ego's (devil's) "love". He uses it in order to ensure. "The Christ in you inhabits not a body". Heaven and the world are diametrically opposed, each poses a total thought system, perfectly consistent. _Jesus_
UCF is in Orlando. The most DEI ridden place in FL. DEI is in every school and college in America. Thank you for all you are doing to stop this insidious cancer.
I was at UCF in 2016 and it was the only time in my life a girl stood in the doorway and tried to stop me from leaving class. She figured it out pretty quickly being that I was 100lbs heavier and a foot taller than her...
DeSantis needs to appoint you to the board of trustees of all these universities. And next time, no more Mr Nice Guy with the president. You fire her straight into the gutter. No package , no pampering.
My oldest son is set to go to college (FL Public college) in 2025 and I’m extremely concerned he’ll be indoctrinated (that is, if he’s even admitted due to his race and gender. I.e. we’re white, he’s a male and we’re Jewish). UCF was one of the options we were considering… seems there are no good options based on your reporting. How if UF in Gainesville doing?
Try to find a religious university or even a small, conservative one as an option. Basically, you should look at the lesser known schools in your state and *not* the big and well known ones, which UCF falls into that category! Make sure to do your due diligence when looking for prospective schools and before making your actual decision! Dig into the school as much as possible, scour online about any info about it or even current students posting on social media about it or what programs they’re involved in. It would probably be a wise idea for you and your son to sit through some classes to audit them. That way you can see what they’re actually teaching and how the professors are…..things that won’t always show up on a syllabus or course description. You can definitely pick some classes that you know these whole ideals and DEI crap are heavily pushed as some of the courses you should look into by sitting in on a few random classes. See if you can talk to very recent graduates and hear what they have to say about the school and even some current students. You have to do a lot of your own research and digging into things you wouldn’t think of having to do when picking where to apply to college and which college you go to, in order to get a true sense of the school and what’s going on there. Definitely do some internet searches (not on google, but on search engines like duck duck go that will be more accurate in their search results, less filtered in the way google does where they want you to see certain things and don’t want you to see others) on the school, using various search terms, to find out if any of this is going on there and see if anything pops up on it - there will often be articles where things like crazy DEI programs or so-called “activists” teachers teaching crazy things or acting a fool online and other things like that can pop up to let you know what’s really going on w the school. You can also always pose to be a super woke progressive when talking to a school or current students/professors when touring and talking to a potential school. You can ask questions this way about these crazy, harmful & nonsensical ideologies and practices as if you’re actually supportive of them and are looking for a school that embraces those ideologies and stances. Posing as super woke and progressive parents and potential student who’s looking for a school that embraces those sorts of things and ideology can tend to get you more truthful and accurate answers and clues as to where the school and staff actually stand on these things than you would as parents and a potential student who’s against those things and looking for a school that does not embrace that ideology and heavily promote it, brainwashing and radicalizing the kids! Chris is very active on his social media and has a very active following. Interacting w them on his social media accounts and in the comments on his substack can provide you w a lot of information that can be hard to come by in other ways. You’ll have an easier time finding out what a school is truly like and what’s going on at that school by interacting w ppl on there and them being able to provide you w info, point you in the way of helpful info/articles/videos, possibly being able to talk to parents of current or former students of schools that embrace this ideology and are places you should avoid, as well as schools that don’t and are a better bet. Chris posts a lot of documents from schools, companies, brands, employers, etc that show you what’s really going on at those places and writes a lot of articles that can be very informative. He is way more active on places like twitter and his substack than he even posts videos on his RU-vid channel. So, you can definitely find a lot of eye opening information those places that can be of use to you. You can even reach out to him to ask him questions or maybe even for recommendations for any good colleges that don’t embrace this crazy & nonsensical ideology! *I’d also definitely post in comments on his substack or in replies on his Twitter, interacting w those who follow his work!* Start asking them about various schools you guys have been looking at to maybe get a more _accurate_ depiction of what the school and learning environment is *truly like!* This can help guide you into which schools you *_should_* be spending your time focusing on vs which schools you should *absolutely NOT be wasting any time entertaining the thought & idea of your son attending there!* As well as asking for potential schools that you are *_not_* currently looking at, but *_SHOULD BE_* be bc they’re a better option and are *_not_* as problematic, are *_not_* embracing this harmful, dangerous, nonsensical rhetoric, ideology and lunacy, are *_not_* forcing this agenda and narrative down students throats & are *NOT brainwashing and radicalizing them!* The ppl who are actively following and discussing the information & documents Chris gets his hands on, the articles he posts about the research he’s been doing and what he’s finding, the posts, replies and commentary he makes on twitter, etc, *can be a very powerful, useful and eyeopening source of valuable information!* Just interacting w those ppl, asking questions or if anyone knows anything can end up getting you a lot of information you wouldn’t be able to otherwise! It’s definitely a powerful resource of information that you should be using to your advantage! If you’re concerned w anonymity, potentially being harassed, causing issues for you w ppl you know in real life or even at your work, *make an alt account on twitter that’s different than your regular account that you can stay anonymous on and are able to interact more freely and openly, asking whatever questions you want to!* It’s sad it’s come to the point where we have to be worried about that kind of crap and to take those steps. *It’s absolutely ridiculous and totally unacceptable, honestly!* Bur, hopefully this kind of ish can end once the pendulum swings and the silent majority decides to really fight back in full force and *_finally put an end to this tomfoolery and f&ckery!_* You can also have a more anonymous profile and profile name for your substack profile. That way you can interact more freely and openly in comments w readers, be able to ask questions, get & share information that can be helpful to you, but *not* have to worry about it causing you any problems, if you’re concerned w that. No matter what you do, I’d highly suggest you get active on Chris’s substack and twitter, as they can be very powerful resources for you whether it’s coming from Chris directly or those who actively follow the information he’s been reporting on and putting out! Never under estimate how useful, helpful, eyeopening and powerful a community can be!! We’ve forgotten that and haven’t used it, relied on it and depended on it as much as we used to than we do now in current day, as the world has shifted online and the sense and purpose of our real life communities that used to be a vital part of our daily life have practically disappeared! Even though it’s a community in a new sense, it’s online and not in real life w ppl who are local and in your actual community, it’s a new type of community that exists of like minded individuals online _who can be incredibly helpful, informative and a very powerful resource of sharing information and helping each other out!_ I know this comment of yours is 5 months old, so I’m replying kind of late here. But, I hope something I’ve suggested here can be helpful to you in some way, shape or form! I hope you and your son find a good fit for college that suits your needs and you guys are able to find a good school for him to attend that is *_NOT_* a school that embraces this harmful, nonsensical, arse backwards ideology, that does *_NOT_* force this narrative and agenda on malleable, gullible and naïve students who are so very easily brainwashed and radicalized! _Sorry for such a long post! At least it’s better than the one line reply from the other commenter, where they’re just trolling and being a complete asshat!!_
“Disfavoring merit?” Please excuse me but… Jesus fucking Christ and a half! Yeah, let’s just flatten everything out. Since merit is out the window (along with logic, epistemic humility and perspective) we might as well have government agencies decide who studies what and who goes into what careers. You know, to each according to need, from each according to… now, what was it again? Oh, ability? Wait that sounds kind of like merit… oh well, we have to start all over…
