Jordan Peterson

And there's no excuse for this. And there's no whining about this now. You made your goddamn bed. It's time to lie in it. So let's document some of that. Early 2010s, DEI statements emerged as optional components in faculty hiring at universities like UC Berkeley, surprise, surprise, spreading to Ivy League schools by 2015. By 2018, remember they started out as optional, right?

Well, maybe we should have some more people of color as our research assistants or our professors. Well, let me tell you, I sat on a lot of hiring committees as a professor, and any person of color who is vaguely qualified, and I mean vaguely, is going to be snapped up by universities so fast you can't bloody well believe it. And that's been the case at least since the 1980s.

Well, maybe we should have some more people of color as our research assistants or our professors. Well, let me tell you, I sat on a lot of hiring committees as a professor, and any person of color who is vaguely qualified, and I mean vaguely, is going to be snapped up by universities so fast you can't bloody well believe it. And that's been the case at least since the 1980s.

Well, maybe we should have some more people of color as our research assistants or our professors. Well, let me tell you, I sat on a lot of hiring committees as a professor, and any person of color who is vaguely qualified, and I mean vaguely, is going to be snapped up by universities so fast you can't bloody well believe it. And that's been the case at least since the 1980s.

And so if universities have been unable to flesh out their quota of racial, sexual identity, and gender proportions, it's because qualified people in those categories simply do not exist. Now, no one will say that, but But we'll get back to that when we discuss McGill in Canada. And that, I'm telling you, this is the straight truth. I sat on lots of hiring committees.

And so if universities have been unable to flesh out their quota of racial, sexual identity, and gender proportions, it's because qualified people in those categories simply do not exist. Now, no one will say that, but But we'll get back to that when we discuss McGill in Canada. And that, I'm telling you, this is the straight truth. I sat on lots of hiring committees.

And so if universities have been unable to flesh out their quota of racial, sexual identity, and gender proportions, it's because qualified people in those categories simply do not exist. Now, no one will say that, but But we'll get back to that when we discuss McGill in Canada. And that, I'm telling you, this is the straight truth. I sat on lots of hiring committees.

If there was anyone who vaguely smacked of minority status in any possible manner, and they were even remotely qualified, they were prioritized over every other candidate. And that goes back all the way to the 1990s, at least, probably before that. There's probably no institutions in the world that have tried to be more inclusive without sacrificing merit until recently than the universities.

If there was anyone who vaguely smacked of minority status in any possible manner, and they were even remotely qualified, they were prioritized over every other candidate. And that goes back all the way to the 1990s, at least, probably before that. There's probably no institutions in the world that have tried to be more inclusive without sacrificing merit until recently than the universities.

If there was anyone who vaguely smacked of minority status in any possible manner, and they were even remotely qualified, they were prioritized over every other candidate. And that goes back all the way to the 1990s, at least, probably before that. There's probably no institutions in the world that have tried to be more inclusive without sacrificing merit until recently than the universities.

And if they're not able to do it, and you think that's a consequence of systemic racism, well, then you're one of those neo-Marxist types that really we shouldn't be contending with anymore, especially not in the universities. Okay, so back to, And we notice as well, DEI statements are optional in 2010, but by 2018, they're mandatory. And then it gets worse than that.

And if they're not able to do it, and you think that's a consequence of systemic racism, well, then you're one of those neo-Marxist types that really we shouldn't be contending with anymore, especially not in the universities. Okay, so back to, And we notice as well, DEI statements are optional in 2010, but by 2018, they're mandatory. And then it gets worse than that.

And if they're not able to do it, and you think that's a consequence of systemic racism, well, then you're one of those neo-Marxist types that really we shouldn't be contending with anymore, especially not in the universities. Okay, so back to, And we notice as well, DEI statements are optional in 2010, but by 2018, they're mandatory. And then it gets worse than that.

They're not only mandatory, but they're the criteria by which faculty are now hired. And so we'll get to that, especially in the faculty of arts and sciences and medical schools. Do you remember that? By the way, all you people, when you go see a newly graduated doctor, you have no bloody idea if they were selected for merit or on some other basis, and you have no idea

They're not only mandatory, but they're the criteria by which faculty are now hired. And so we'll get to that, especially in the faculty of arts and sciences and medical schools. Do you remember that? By the way, all you people, when you go see a newly graduated doctor, you have no bloody idea if they were selected for merit or on some other basis, and you have no idea

They're not only mandatory, but they're the criteria by which faculty are now hired. And so we'll get to that, especially in the faculty of arts and sciences and medical schools. Do you remember that? By the way, all you people, when you go see a newly graduated doctor, you have no bloody idea if they were selected for merit or on some other basis, and you have no idea

if the program that they were trained in, even at an august institution, evaluated them without prejudice for their merit. So you remember that when you put your sick kid in their hands. I would be very careful about that if I was you. In fact, I am. Post-2020, following George Floyd's death, DEI requirements intensified.

if the program that they were trained in, even at an august institution, evaluated them without prejudice for their merit. So you remember that when you put your sick kid in their hands. I would be very careful about that if I was you. In fact, I am. Post-2020, following George Floyd's death, DEI requirements intensified.

if the program that they were trained in, even at an august institution, evaluated them without prejudice for their merit. So you remember that when you put your sick kid in their hands. I would be very careful about that if I was you. In fact, I am. Post-2020, following George Floyd's death, DEI requirements intensified.

It isn't exactly obvious to me that the events surrounding George Floyd were of sufficient historical importance, all things considered, so that the world's greatest universities should have reconstituted their promotion, hiring, selection, and publishing criteria. But that is what they did, instead of having like an iota of courage.