From my America Out Loud Pulse podcast with James Enstrom, PhD –https://www.americaoutloud.news/stop-stereotyping-stop-dei-indoctrination-bring-back-critical-thinking/
People have wondered whether many of our leaders and thinkers would pass the test for becoming a faculty member at as University of California campus.
What about Frederick Douglass who said: “… And if the Negro cannot stand on his own legs, let him fall also. All I ask is, give him a chance to stand on his own legs! Let him alone!”
Or Martin Luther King, Jr.: I“ have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
Or Carl Sagan who said: “The cure for a fallacious argument is a better argument, not the suppression of ideas.”
Various surveys have catalogued the lack of free speech on college campuses. There is no longer debate and open discussion. Times have certainly changed. When I was on campus, we could discuss touchy issues without fear of getting a bad grade for our opinions.
Many wonder what happened to critical thinking. How is it that today’s students know nothing about the cause they are protesting against? Students have latched on to a black and white world with no grays. This is what happens when there is no room for discussion. This is what happens when we don’t open our eyes to facts or other opinions and to know the difference between a fact and an opinion. The idea of “My Truth” is bogus. There are facts and actuality and there is how you are affected by the facts or react to them. People with mental issues have their reality. People with mental issues have their reality. Allowing young folks to offer their opinion or feelings as “my truth” takes the meaning out of the word truth. Newspeak at its finest.
Faculty members are now voicing their political leanings, sometimes distorting history. One high school history teacher had a map of the southwestern United States labelling it “stolen land.” All land was stolen at some point. The students in some cases are subjected to a one-sided presentation. How would they know any different unless they had the wherewithal to read on their own. Schools are creating ideologues, not thinkers.
Let’s bring back critical thinking and civil, open debate. Let’s abolish DEI. The focus on racial identity promotes “othering” and animosity toward white people, irrespective of their personal beliefs. Let’s have true diversity – viewpoint diversity. Stop stereotyping people by their skin color. Stop placing DEI indoctrination above strong academics.
My guest today will discuss his experience at one of the biggest offenders of a school sacrificing science for wokeism.
Bio
Dr. James E. Enstrom is a retired Research Professor (Epidemiology) who held faculty positions at the UCLA School of Public Health and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center. He is President of the Scientific Integrity Institute in Los Angeles. He has a BS in physics from Harvey Mudd College, an MS and PhD in physics from Stanford University, and an MPH and postdoctoral certificate in epidemiology from UCLA. He is a Life Member of the American Physical Society, a Founding Fellow of the American College of Epidemiology, and a recipient of the American Freedom Alliance Hero of Conscience Award.
Articles of Interest
National Association of Scholars Report “A Crisis of Competence: The Corrupting Effect of Political Activism in the University of California” by John M. Ellis – https://www.nas.org/blogs/article/a_crisis_of_competence_the_corrupting_effect_of_political_activism_in_the_u
John M. Ellis, “The Breakdown of Higher Education: How It Happened, the Damage It Does, and What Can Be Done” – https://www.amazon.com/Breakdown-Higher-Education-Happened-Damage/dp/1641770880
If you have an incident to report, go to https://donoharmmedicine.org. Do No Harm – an organization dedicated to stopping dangerous, divisive identity politics in Medicine.
