Popular podcast host <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/joe-rogan-classified-doc-snafu-is-proof-bidens-own-people-want-him-gone/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Rogan</a> doubled down on his previous claim that President Joe Biden was &#8220;<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/hes-so-far-gone-rogan-says-having-biden-in-office-fing-dangerous/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mentally gone</a>,&#8221; saying that Americans were being governed instead by the &#8220;f***ing sideshow of diversity&#8221; that was Biden&#8217;s administration.
Rogan made the comments on Thursday&#8217;s episode of &#8220;The Joe Rogan Experience,&#8221; during a discussion with actor <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/make-msnbc-great-again-russell-brand-mocks-msnbcs-partisan-bias/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Russell Brand</a> about what could happen if and when Biden decided to run for re-election in 2024.
Referencing his previous comments on the subject, Rogan told Brand, &#8220;I was actually talking about it with Eric Weinstein and he was like, &#8216;I mean, I can’t vote for Biden.&#8217; And he goes, &#8216;I can’t vote for Trump.&#8217; And I go, &#8216;I would vote for Trump before I’d vote for Biden.&#8217; Just cause I think with Biden, like he’s gone!&#8221;
&#8220;Like, you know, he’s gone. You’re gonna be relying on his cabinet,&#8221; Rogan continued. &#8220;And I knew his cabinet would be this f***ing sideshow of diversity — which is exactly what it is.&#8221;
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&#39;It&#39;s Nonsense!&#39;: Joe Rogan Rips Joe Biden&#39;s Sideshow of Diversity Hires
&quot;That one person who stole all the women&#39;s clothes — that Sam Brinton &#8230; that&#39;s a diversity hire! You&#39;ve just said, &#39;Oh, look at this! A man who dresses like a woman and has a beard and a mustache but also… <a href="https://t.co/UDuAIYRW7b">https://t.co/UDuAIYRW7b</a> <a href="https://t.co/9WiI5q3CaU">pic.twitter.com/9WiI5q3CaU</a>
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Rogan went on to use disgraced former Biden administration official Sam Brinton — who faces felony charges for alleged luggage thefts in multiple airports — arguing that the &#8220;non-binary&#8221; ex-deputy assistant secretary at the Office of Nuclear Energy was a &#8220;diversity hire.&#8221;
&#8220;That one person who stole all the women’s clothes. That Sam Brinton — that’s a diversity hire,&#8221; the podcast host explained. &#8220;You just said, ‘Oh, look at this. A man who dresses like a woman and has a beard and a mustache, but also wears lipstick. This is perfect for us. I don’t give a f*** what this guy’s good at or bad at. I don’t give a f*** what their credentials are. This makes us look like we’re inclusive. This makes us look like we’re on the right side, so let’s hire this person.'&#8221;
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&#8220;You can’t have those kinds of people running a Ben &amp; Jerry’s — you certainly can’t have those kinds of people running the f***ing most powerful government the world’s ever known. It’s nuts. It’s nonsense,&#8221; Rogan concluded.
Brand went on to argue that perhaps Biden was president because he was the &#8220;perfect&#8221; representation of American society — &#8220;He’s like the perfect metaphor of what it is. This system is over. And for all of the talk of diversity, what have you got? You’ve got a career politician, white male that’s falling apart before your very eyes. It’s telling you that it’s bulls***.&#8221;

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Joe Rogan: Biden Is ‘Mentally Gone,’ America Is Run By ‘F***ing Sideshow Of Diversity’ Admin

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In a memorandum to all Department of Defense personnel regarding the foreign threats to America, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin made sure he mentioned the importance of “diversity” in the armed forces. Austin also made sure to mention the “transnational challenges such as climate change.”
Austin started by referencing the “2022 National Defense Strategy,” asserting that it “articulates how we will achieve our goals through integrated deterrence, campaigning, and building enduring advantages.” After mentioning the “pacing challenge from the People&#8217;s Republic of China,” the “acute threat of Russian aggression,” and “threats from Iran [and] North Korea,&#8221; he segued into his “diversity” pitch.
“We will continue to recruit and sustain a uniformed and civilian workforce that embodies the diversity and dynamism of our great democracy,” he wrote.
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NEW: <a href="https://twitter.com/SecDef?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SecDef</a> Lloyd Austin issues &quot;Message to the Force&quot;
&#8211; Calls <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/China?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#China</a> &quot;a generational challenge&quot; &#8211; Vows to tackle &quot;the Acute <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Russia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Russia</a>|n Threat&quot; &#8211; Calls for vigilance re <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NorthKorea?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NorthKorea</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Iran</a>, terror groups &#8211; Warns of security implications of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/climatechange?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#climatechange</a>
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As far back as 2019, the head of the House Armed Services Committee, Democratic Rep. Adam Smith of Washington, made it clear that in 2020 he would push for legislation in Congress to permit trans-identifying troops in the military, a perspective which the Trump administration had generally opposed.
Smith stated, “Even if we know (Senate Armed Services Committee chairman) Sen. Jim Inhofe and Donald Trump won’t change their minds, do we want to take another run at it and how? We’ll be discussing that with a lot of people,” as <a href="https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2019/12/30/new-in-2020-another-battle-about-transgender-troops/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Military Times</a> reported.
In March 2019, the Defense Department approved a policy largely barring trans-identifying troops and military recruits who were transitioning to another sex from joining the military. A United States Court of Appeals had <a href="https://notransmilitaryban.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/doe-v-trump-dc-circuit-ruling-1-4-19.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dismissed a claim</a> by a lower court that the policy implemented by the Department of Defense under former Secretary of Defense James Mattis had constituted a blanket ban on trans-identifying people in the military.
After the court rendered its decision, Pentagon spokeswoman Jessica Maxwell <a href="https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2019/01/04/circuit-court-backs-dod-transgender-service-policy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, “The department remains bound by three other court orders that require continued implementation” of the Obama administration policy that permitted trans-identifying personnel to serve openly. She added that the Department of Defense “is consulting with the Department of Justice on next steps in the litigation. We look forward to continuing to press our case in the courts.”
In August 2021, the U.S. Army&#8217;s top sergeant major, Michael Grinston, who formerly served as the senior enlisted member of the largest U.S. Army command, tweeted a tribute to Women&#8217;s Equality Day and diversity in the army, writing, “Diversity is a number — do you have people that don’t look or think like you in the room? Inclusion is listening [to] and valuing those people. #Women’s Equality Day reminds us we’re smarter and more lethal when we come together as an inclusive, cohesive team. Our values demand it.”
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Diversity is a number &#8211; do you have people that don’t look or think like you in the room? Inclusion is listening and valuing those people. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WomensEqualityDay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WomensEqualityDay</a> reminds us we’re smarter and more lethal when we come together as an inclusive, cohesive team. Our values demand it. <a href="https://t.co/b72l2EcIn0">pic.twitter.com/b72l2EcIn0</a>
&mdash; SMA Michael Grinston (@USArmySMA) <a href="https://twitter.com/USArmySMA/status/1430875976142106624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 26, 2021</a></blockquote>
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In May 2022, it was reported that the U.S. Army was considering a policy called “compassionate reassignment,” permitting soldiers to request a transfer to a different area if they feel state or local laws discriminated against them because of their gender, <a href="https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/05/19/soldiers-facing-discrimination-state-laws-could-request-transfers-under-draft-army-policy.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Military.com</a> reported.

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Biden’s Sec Def Sends Message To All Defense Personnel, Mentions Diversity, Climate Change

Biden's Sec Def Sends Message To All Defense Personnel, Mentions Diversity, Climate Change

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/golden-globes">Golden Globes</a> host Jerrod Carmichael said he was chosen to emcee the event because of his skin color.
The 35-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/comedy">comedian</a> hosted the awards ceremony, which aired Tuesday night after being dropped from NBC in 2022. 
“I&#8217;ll tell you why I&#8217;m here. I’m here because I’m black,” Carmichael began during his monologue, referencing how the Hollywood Foreign Press Association was accused of lack of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/diversity">diversity</a>.
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And here is your host for the 80th Annual <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoldenGlobes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GoldenGlobes</a>&#8230; It’s Jerrod Carmichael! 🎤 <a href="https://t.co/tc8KIyt1E5">pic.twitter.com/tc8KIyt1E5</a>
&mdash; Golden Globe Awards (@goldenglobes) <a href="https://twitter.com/goldenglobes/status/1612990423005290502?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 11, 2023</a></blockquote>
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“This show, the Golden Globe Awards, did not air last year because the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which I won’t say they were a racist organization, but they didn’t have a single black member until George Floyd died,” he continued. “So do with that information what you will.”
The “Saturday Night Live” actor went on to describe how he got offered the hosting gig seemingly out of the blue.
“One minute you’re making mint tea at home, the next, you’re invited to be the black face of an embattled white organization,” he said during the speech before congratulating “six new black members” added to the voting committee following last year’s debacle.
HFPA president Helen Hoehne previously discussed their decision to have Carmichael as host. 
“His comedic talents have entertained and thrilled audiences while providing thought-provoking moments that are so important in the times we live,” she said in <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/anthonyrobledo/jerrod-carmichael-golden-globes-host">December</a>. “Jerrod is the special kind of talent this show calls for to kick off the awards season.”
In 2022, NBC chose not to air the Golden Globes due to the “magnitude” of diversity and ethical changes that needed to be made, as The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nbc-wont-air-golden-globes-due-to-hfpas-diversity-and-ethical-reforms">reported</a>.
“We continue to believe that the HFPA is committed to meaningful reform,” NBC said in a statement at the time. “However, change of this magnitude takes time and work, and we feel strongly that the HFPA needs time to do it right. As such, NBC will not air the 2022 Golden Globes. Assuming the organization executes on its plan, we are hopeful we will be in a position to air the show in January 2023.”
Following these accusations, the HFPA released a series of guidelines and pledged to add more people of color. These changes weren’t enough for some people, however, as Time’s Up president Tina Tchen said the proposed reforms were not significant. 
“The window-dressing platitudes adopted yesterday are neither the transformation that was promised nor what our creative community deserves,” Tchen said. “Any organization or sponsors that set themselves up to pass judgment on our vibrant community of creators and talent must do better.”
The HFPA has since been working diligently to achieve diversity standards, which included hiring Carmichael as the host.

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‘I’m Here Because I’m Black’: Golden Globes Host Jerrod Carmichael Opens Monologue With Blunt Joke

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/harvard" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harvard</a> University government professor Claudine Gay will serve as the prestigious school’s first <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/diversity" target="_blank" rel="noopener">black</a> president and second female president.
The news comes six months after current Harvard President Lawrence Bacow <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/harvards-president-to-step-down" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> that he would retire sometime next year. Gay is scheduled to assume the leadership role of the nearly 400-year-old school on July 1, according to a <a href="https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2022/12/harvard-names-claudine-gay-30th-president/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> from the university.
“Claudine is a remarkable leader who is profoundly devoted to sustaining and enhancing Harvard’s academic excellence, to championing both the value and the values of higher education and research, to expanding opportunity, and to strengthening Harvard as a fount of ideas and a force for good in the world,” said Harvard Corporation senior fellow Penny Pritzker, who served as chair of the school’s presidential search committee. “Claudine has brought to her roles a rare blend of incisiveness and inclusiveness, intellectual range and strategic savvy, institutional ambition and personal humility, a respect for enduring ideals, and a talent for catalyzing change.”
Gay, the daughter of Haitian immigrants, has helped implement <a href="https://legacyofslavery.harvard.edu/report/recommendations-to-the-president-and-fellows-of-harvard-college#recommendation-6-establish-an-endowed-legacy-of-slavery-fund-to-support-the-universitys-reparative-efforts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recommendations</a> posited by the Presidential Committee on Harvard and the Legacy of Slavery, which includes the creation of a reparative endowment meant to benefit black and indigenous populations, and participated in the launch of the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability. She is also the founding chair of the school’s Inequality in America Initiative, which <a href="https://inequalityinamerica.fas.harvard.edu/research-clusters" target="_blank" rel="noopener">includes</a> research areas such as the nation’s history regarding “social justice” and the treatment of “undocumented” immigrants.
The academic currently leads the school’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences while serving as a “leading scholar of political behavior, considering issues of race and politics in America,” according to her <a href="https://scholar.harvard.edu/cgay/home" target="_blank" rel="noopener">faculty profile</a>. She has taught at Harvard University since 2006 and was previously an assistant professor at Stanford University.
“So many fundamental assumptions about how the world works and how we should relate to one another are being tested,” Gay remarked. “Yet Harvard has a long history of rising to meet new challenges, of converting the energy of our time into forces of renewal and reinvention.”
Among the most noteworthy facets of Bacow’s tenure was the beginning of efforts to consider the school’s history with slavery. A report <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/harvard-releases-slavery-report-findings-pledges-100-million-to-right-past-wrongs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">revealed</a> that Harvard affiliates held at least 70 slaves between the school’s founding in 1636 and Massachusetts&#8217; abolition of slavery in 1783. As a result, Harvard pledged $100 million to address its history with the practice.
Over the past two years, Harvard also made headlines by joining other elite postsecondary institutions in rolling back its <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/harvard-wont-require-standardized-tests-through-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">standardized testing</a> requirements. High schoolers vying for a spot in the next four undergraduate classes will no longer need to submit scores for the SAT or ACT.
The appointment of Gay to serve as president of Harvard also occurs as the Supreme Court appears poised to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/supreme-court-poised-to-overturn-affirmative-action-precedents-key-activists-forecast" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rule against</a> the Ivy League school in a lawsuit contending that admissions officials discriminate against students of Asian descent. One study from 2009 found that Asians required an SAT score 140 points higher than white applicants, 270 points higher than Hispanic applicants, and 450 points higher than black applicants to experience the same chances of admission, according to a <a href="https://asianamericanforeducation.org/en/issue/discrimination-on-admissions/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from the Asian American Coalition for Education.

Claudine Gay named 30th president of Harvard University, will be schools first Black leader

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The trading floors of the New York Stock Exchange were filled with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lgbtq" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pride flags</a> as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/homosexuality" target="_blank" rel="noopener">homosexual</a> dating app Grindr debuted on public <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/stock-market" target="_blank" rel="noopener">markets</a>.
Leaders of the company <a href="https://twitter.com/NYSE/status/1593612238681694208" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rang the opening bell</a> on Friday as individuals assembled throughout the historic building waved the “progress pride flag,” which includes the colors pink and blue to represent <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/transgender" target="_blank" rel="noopener">transgenderism</a>, as well as black and brown to represent <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/diversity" target="_blank" rel="noopener">diversity</a>. Large versions of the flag were also seen hanging throughout the building.
Grindr made its initial public offering through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) called Tiga Acquisition Corporation. The firm’s common stock will trade under the symbol GRND.
“Today marks an important milestone not only for the team at Grindr, but for the LGBTQ community we serve,” Grindr CEO George Arison remarked in a <a href="https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221118005093/en/Grindr-Completes-Business-Combination-to-Begin-Trading-November-18th-2021-as-NYSE-GRND" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a>. “We enter the public markets with momentum, carried by our market leadership, strong financial performance and significant growth runway as we step up investment in our core product and services. I am thrilled to work with our team and investors as we continue expanding our platform and enhance the critical social infrastructure for a traditionally underserved community.”
Grindr users spent an average of 61 minutes on the app each day as of December 2021, according to the company, which earned $90 million in revenue during the first half of 2022. The company believes that there exists a $4 billion total addressable market for its services.
The entrance of Grindr onto public markets occurs as acceptance for homosexuality and transgenderism has quickly risen among Americans. Earlier this year, a <a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/389792/lgbt-identification-ticks-up.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">poll</a> from Gallup indicated that nearly 21% of Generation Z and over 10% of Millennials identify as LGBT, while roughly 4% of Generation X and less than 3% of Baby Boomers indicate the same.
Another <a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/350486/record-high-support-same-sex-marriage.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">poll</a> from Gallup found last year that a majority of Republicans expressed support for legal same-sex marriage for the first time in history. Twelve Republican members of the Senate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senate-advances-same-sex-marriage-bill-with-some-gop-support" target="_blank" rel="noopener">joined</a> their Democratic colleagues on Wednesday in a procedural vote to advance the Respect for Marriage Act, a piece of legislation that would codify same-sex marriage into federal law.
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) said in a <a href="https://twitter.com/SenatorRomney/status/1592978815890124801" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> that he voted in favor of advancing the bill despite his personal belief in traditional marriage because Obergefell v. Hodges has been “the law of the land upon which LGBTQ people have relied.” Though the former Republican presidential nominee added that he was satisfied with religious freedom protections included in the bill, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) remarked in another <a href="https://twitter.com/SenMikeLee/status/1593000633954865153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1593000633954865153%7Ctwgr%5E25353db1d07f622a0ebb595d228af91f6e7c8813%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Fsenate-advances-same-sex-marriage-bill-with-some-gop-support" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> that he voted against the motion because “religious liberty protections” were “severely anemic and largely illusory.”
Corporate America has likewise expressed support for LGBTQ ideology and engaged in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disney-is-a-guest-in-florida-florida-lawmakers-consider-terminating-disneys-district" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pressure campaigns</a> against state governments that oppose the movement. The NASDAQ, which follows the NYSE as the second-largest stock exchange in the world, filed a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sec-greenlights-stock-exchanges-race-gender-lgbtq-diversity-mandate-for-corporate-boards" target="_blank" rel="noopener">proposal</a> last year with the Securities and Exchange Commission to create new listing rules that would “require all companies” the exchange to “publicly disclose consistent, transparent diversity statistics regarding their board of directors.” Companies must have, or “explain why they do not have,” at least two diverse directors, including one who “self-identifies” as female and one who identifies themselves as “LGBTQ+” or an underrepresented minority.

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Activists behind the push to end <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/affirmative-action" target="_blank" rel="noopener">affirmative action</a> are confident that the <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/supreme-court" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Supreme Court</a> will overturn precedents upholding <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/diversity" target="_blank" rel="noopener">race-conscious</a> admissions following oral arguments on Monday.
Students for Fair Admissions, a legal advocacy group which opposes granting applicants an advantage because of their racial identity, has filed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/just-in-supreme-court-will-hear-cases-challenging-race-based-affirmative-action" target="_blank" rel="noopener">complaints</a> against both Harvard University and the University of North Carolina for “employing racially and ethnically discriminatory policies and procedures” when accepting students. The <a href="http://studentsfor.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/SFFA-v.-Harvard-Complaint.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lawsuit</a> against Harvard argued that Asian American students require significantly higher standardized test scores than their peers to gain admission to elite schools.
Justice Clarence Thomas and his conservative-leaning colleagues were <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/clarence-thomas-ive-heard-the-word-diversity-and-i-dont-have-a-clue-what-it-means" target="_blank" rel="noopener">skeptical</a> that racial diversity truly offers educational benefits and appeared to find arguments offered by North Carolina State Solicitor General Ryan Park largely unpersuasive. Students For Fair Admissions President Edward Blum said during an interview with The Daily Wire that he is optimistic regarding a favorable outcome.
“I thought it was a very deeply engaging argument,” he commented. “I remain hopeful that the arguments that both of our attorneys made will be persuasive to the court, and that ultimately the court will strike down the use of race and ethnicity in college admissions.”
Blum referenced several examples of universities largely attended by a particular racial group, including Spelman College, a historically black school, and the University of Texas San Antonio, a predominantly Hispanic college, and said one would have difficulty proving that students’ experiences are diminished by a lack of peers belonging to other ethnicities. “There are lots of very competitive universities that have virtually no racial diversity,” he noted. “I think if we talked to those students, they would say they purposefully wanted to go to those universities. Having a diverse student body for some is very important. For some, it&#8217;s not important at all.”
Color Us United President Kenny Xu, who was instrumental in encouraging residents of California to overwhelmingly reject a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/californias-affirmative-action-proposition-failed-thanks-to-latinos-and-asians" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ballot measure</a> that would have returned affirmative action to the state, told The Daily Wire that schools embracing affirmative action violate “two sacrosanct principles” of the American experiment.
“The first is, don&#8217;t treat anybody by your race. You should be treated by the content of your character, not the color of your skin,” he said. “The second is meritocracy as the basis for the American dream. That is why immigrants come to this country: because they believe that they&#8217;re not going to be treated on the basis of their background. Because this is a land of opportunity, and that we will have a chance to work hard and make it in this country.”
Several analyses have uncovered the disadvantages faced by Asian Americans in college admissions processes seeking to reserve places for black and Hispanic students. One study from 2009 concluded that Asians required an SAT score roughly 140 points higher than white applicants, 270 points higher than Hispanic applicants, and 450 points higher than black applicants, according to a <a href="https://asianamericanforeducation.org/en/issue/discrimination-on-admissions/">report</a> from the Asian American Coalition for Education.
Xu, who was in attendance while the Supreme Court heard oral arguments, noted that strong majorities of Asians, Hispanics, whites, and a near-majority of black voters in California rejected the affirmative action measure, implying that the issue extends beyond ethnic lines. Indeed, nearly three-quarters of Americans believe colleges and universities should not consider race or ethnicity when making admissions decisions, according to a <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/02/25/most-americans-say-colleges-should-not-consider-race-or-ethnicity-in-admissions/">poll</a> from Pew Research.
“We need a really strong ruling from the Supreme Court, not just the unsurprising ruling that Harvard is discriminating and they need to stop doing that. We need to establish some principles,” Xu continued. “We didn&#8217;t choose to be born Asian. And what Harvard is doing by trying to judge us on something we can&#8217;t control is basically making us ashamed of being Asian. That&#8217;s really sad, because no one should be ashamed of their race in this country. Harvard&#8217;s policy forces that into consideration.”
Legacy media outlets centered their coverage of the Supreme Court cases on Blum and his conservative leanings. One <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/30/politics/scotus-affirmative-action-college-admissions-edward-blum/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">article</a> from CNN said that he had “designed” the arguments to “reach a friendly Supreme Court,” although Blum affirmed that opposing affirmative action is a policy that crosses racial and partisan lines.
“There&#8217;s an old expression: every lawsuit needs a villain, and the corollary to that is every lawsuit needs a hero. I see myself as neither hero nor villain,” Blum commented. “Sometimes media outlets look for a human angle, as opposed to concentrating and focusing on the legal issues and the policy issues. It’s a bit of an intellectually lazy way of going about making a story more interesting.”

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Justice <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/clarence-thomas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Clarence Thomas</a> expressed skepticism that racial <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/diversity" target="_blank" rel="noopener">diversity</a> has a salient impact on <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/colleges" target="_blank" rel="noopener">educational</a> outcomes on Monday as the <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/supreme-court" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Supreme Court</a> weighed arguments regarding <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/affirmative-action" target="_blank" rel="noopener">affirmative action</a> in university admissions.
Students for Fair Admissions, a legal advocacy group which opposes providing applicants an advantage because of their racial identity, has filed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/just-in-supreme-court-will-hear-cases-challenging-race-based-affirmative-action" target="_blank" rel="noopener">complaints</a> against both Harvard University and the University of North Carolina for “employing racially and ethnically discriminatory policies and procedures” when accepting students. The <a href="http://studentsfor.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/SFFA-v.-Harvard-Complaint.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lawsuit</a> against Harvard argued that Asian-American students need significantly higher test scores to gain admission to elite schools.
North Carolina State Solicitor General Ryan Park mentioned the “educational benefits of diversity” a number of times during his arguments. In response, Thomas challenged the attorney to present “a specific definition” in the context of the University of North Carolina, according to an official <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2022/21-707_9o6b.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">transcript</a> published by the Supreme Court.
“I&#8217;ve heard the word &#8216;diversity&#8217; quite a few times, and I don&#8217;t have a clue what it means. It seems to mean everything for everyone,” Thomas, who is known for speaking very rarely during oral arguments, remarked. “I&#8217;d also like you to give us a clear idea of exactly what the educational benefits of diversity at the University of North Carolina would be.”
After Park cited studies claiming that racial diversity leads to “a deeper and richer learning environment,” as well as the promotion of creative thinking and the reduction of racial bias, Thomas noted that he still had not provided the precise educational benefits of diversity. When Park referred to another study indicating that traders made better investment decisions within racially diverse teams, Thomas said that he does not “put much stock in that” because he has heard “similar arguments in favor of segregation too.”
Thomas, one of two African-Americans on the Supreme Court, has repeatedly written opinions against affirmative action in the past. As he hinted during the Monday hearings, Thomas noted in a 2012 <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/12pdf/11-345_l5gm.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">opinion</a> that segregationists once argued their policies would provide more leadership opportunities for blacks. “It is irrelevant under the Fourteenth Amendment whether segregated or mixed schools produce better leaders,” he said, noting that no court today would uphold segregation merely because historically black colleges produced individuals such as Booker T. Washington and Thurgood Marshall.
Other members of the Supreme Court on Monday likewise appeared to doubt the merits of the defendants’ arguments. Justice Amy Coney Barrett noted that a previous decision concluded all governmental use of race must have “a logical endpoint” and “sunset provisions,” then expressed doubt to Park that the University of North Carolina’s policies had such provisions in place. Justice Brett Kavanaugh raised similar concerns, noting that “racial classifications are potentially dangerous.”
Several analyses have highlighted the disadvantages faced by Asian-Americans in college admissions processes seeking to reserve places for black and Hispanic students. One study from 2009 concluded that Asians required an SAT score approximately 140 points higher than white applicants, 270 points higher than Hispanic applicants, and 450 points higher than black applicants, according to a <a href="https://asianamericanforeducation.org/en/issue/discrimination-on-admissions/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from the Asian American Coalition for Education.
Commentators generally agreed that the court is poised to overturn precedents related to affirmative action. Justices on the Supreme Court opposed to the practice may have an advantage in the case against Harvard, as Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who was appointed by President Joe Biden, recused herself since she recently concluded a six-year term on the Harvard Board of Overseers.

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The <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/supreme-court" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Supreme Court</a> heard two cases on Monday that could lead justices to rule against <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/affirmative-action" target="_blank" rel="noopener">affirmative action</a>, a policy by which <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/colleges" target="_blank" rel="noopener">universities</a> promote individuals of various <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/diversity" target="_blank" rel="noopener">minority</a> groups in admissions processes.
Students for Fair Admissions, a legal advocacy group which opposes affirmative action, has filed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/just-in-supreme-court-will-hear-cases-challenging-race-based-affirmative-action" target="_blank" rel="noopener">complaints</a> against both Harvard University and the University of North Carolina for “employing racially and ethnically discriminatory policies and procedures” when accepting students. The <a href="http://studentsfor.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/SFFA-v.-Harvard-Complaint.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lawsuit</a> against Harvard argued that Asian-American students need significantly higher standardized test scores to gain entrance into elite colleges.
Conservative-leaning members of the Supreme Court expressed a high degree of skepticism toward race-conscious admissions practices as lawyers for both universities presented their arguments. Justice Brett Kavanaugh said that such policies are “potentially dangerous and must have a logical end point,” while Justice Amy Coney Barrett asked attorneys for the University of North Carolina when the “sunset” for the policies can be expected. Justice Clarence Thomas said that he has “heard the word ‘diversity’ quite a few times” and does not “have a clue what it means.”
&#8220;College admissions are a zero-sum game,&#8221; Justice Samuel Alito added, according to a <a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-supreme-court-tackles-harvard-unc-race-conscious-admissions-2022-10-31/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from Reuters. &#8220;And if you give a &#8216;plus&#8217; to a person who falls within the category of under-represented minority, but not to somebody else, then you are disadvantaging the other student.&#8221;
Numerous studies have indeed highlighted the disadvantages faced by Asian-Americans in college admissions processes seeking to reserve places for black and Hispanic students. One study from 2009 concluded that Asians required an SAT score approximately 140 points higher than white applicants, 270 points higher than Hispanic applicants, and 450 points higher than black applicants, according to a <a href="https://asianamericanforeducation.org/en/issue/discrimination-on-admissions/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from the Asian American Coalition for Education.
Justices on the Supreme Court opposed to affirmative action may have an advantage in the case against Harvard, as Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, a liberal appointed by President Joe Biden, recused herself since she recently concluded a six-year term on the Harvard Board of Overseers.
Conservative policy analysts at the Heritage Foundation said that the Supreme Court has an opportunity to “correct a wrong that has unfairly punished students across this country seeking to attend the school of their choosing,” according to a press release provided to The Daily Wire.
“American colleges and universities should welcome all students who have the academic capabilities, interests, and values to perform well in their institutions,” Heritage Foundation Center for Education Policy Director Lindsey Burke remarked. “They should reject racial preferences in favor of genuine diversity — a student body admitted based on merit that has a wide range of life experiences and political and philosophical viewpoints, all of which contribute to a robust climate of free expression and academic inquiry on campus.”
“The college admissions process should be focused on bringing the best and brightest minds to an institution, not making elite liberals feel good about their ‘racial sensitivity,’ which is all the euphemistically named ‘affirmative action’ does,” Heritage Foundation senior fellow Mike Gonzalez added. “Affirmative action does not solve the problem of why members of some groups fall behind academically. It does not address failing public schools, worsening socioeconomic and family formation issues, or high out-of-wedlock birth rates that hold people down. Instead, affirmative action mandates by imperial fiat that a certain percentage of a college must be filled with a certain group.”

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The Biden administration&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/department-of-education" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Department of Education</a> announced millions of dollars in funding for colleges that train more minority teachers.
The Department of Education announced $8 million in a federal funding grant program Friday &#8220;aimed at increasing the diversity of the teacher workforce and preparing teachers to meet the needs of our most underserved students.&#8221; The grant is named after Augustus F. Hawkins, the first black politician elected west of the Mississippi River. It provides federal funding to support teacher preparation programs at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), so-called &#8220;Minority Serving Institutions,&#8221; and &#8220;Tribal Colleges and Universities.&#8221;
“At a time when we need to do more to support our teachers and the educator profession, Hawkins Centers of Excellence will help increase the number of well-prepared and qualified teachers, including teachers of color, in our workforce,” Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona said in a <a href="https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/department-education-makes-8-million-new-grants-available-help-colleges-strengthen-and-diversify-teacher-workforce">press release</a> Friday announcing the program. “We know that teachers of color benefit not only students of color, but all students. When students of color can see their backgrounds and experiences reflected in their teachers, we see higher levels of student achievement and engagement in school, and more students aspiring to be teachers themselves one day.”
The &#8220;Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence&#8221; program will target teacher training programs within these schools that &#8220;propose to incorporate evidence-driven practices into their teacher preparation programs.&#8221; By virtue of the fact that these schools educate a disproportionate number of minority teachers, they are &#8220;uniquely positioned to recruit, prepare, and place teachers who will provide culturally and linguistically relevant teaching in underserved and hard-to-staff schools,&#8221; the Department of Education said in its press release.
The program will also emphasize multilingual teachers, prioritizing applicants who &#8220;propose projects designed to increase the number of well-prepared teachers from diverse backgrounds, as well as bilingual and multilingual teachers with full certification.&#8221;
&#8220;Today’s teacher workforce does not reflect the demographics of the nation’s public school students,&#8221; the Department added. &#8220;More than 50% of public school students are students of color, yet in 2017-18, the most recent year for which data were available, only 21% of teachers were teachers of color. And while English learners are the fastest growing public school student demographic, comprising more than 10% of America’s enrollment, most states face a shortage of bilingual and multilingual teachers prepared and qualified to teach this population and foreign languages. These roles are critical for ensuring Americans can compete in the increasingly globalized economy, equal access to education opportunity for English Learners, and the creation of a strong economy in which all Americans can thrive.&#8221;
The <a href="http://augustusfhawkinsfoundation.org/establishment.html#:~:text=This%20new%20program%20%E2%80%93%20named%20in,%2Dserving%20institutions%20(MSIs).">Hawkins program</a> was created in 2008, under Part B of Title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965. This year is the first time the program received federal funding since it was created. The money was appropriated for the Department of Education as part of the omnibus budget for fiscal year 2022. Former President Barack Obama had previously proposed some $40 million in funding for the program in his 2012 budget, but it was not approved.
The Education Department&#8217;s move comes as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/unions-complain-of-dire-teacher-shortages-ahead-of-new-school-year-push-for-more-funding">teachers unions</a> call for more teachers and more financial resources to ease an ongoing shortage before the start of the 2022-2023 school year. National Education Association President Rebecca Pringle said in an interview that the U.S. is short by about 300,000 teachers and support staff nationwide.

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Spain&#8217;s equality ministry has launched a new ad campaign in the name of diversity with the message that &#8220;all bodies are beach bodies.” The campaign includes photos of a topless woman after a mastectomy and more.
Minister of Social Rights Ione Belarra said that the idea behind the campaign is for women to stop worrying about how their bodies look, enjoy the summer, and hit the beach no matter what their size, the <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62325030">BBC</a> reported in a piece published Wednesday.
&#8220;Summer is ours too,&#8221; the slogan on the campaign poster reads.
&#8220;All bodies are beach bodies,&#8221; Social Services Minister Ione Belarra <a href="https://twitter.com/ionebelarra/status/1552237445407576064">tweeted</a> in promotion of the campaign.
The poster for the campaign can be seen below and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CgghxqFMXOh/">here</a>.
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In the campaign, people can see illustrations of five women at the beach. One goes topless after having a mastectomy, several plus-size models wear bikinis, and another woman lies on a towel in a swimsuit.
The Spanish Women&#8217;s Institute, the organization behind the initiative, said the idea behind the campaign is to show the validity of all bodies, the BBC noted.
&#8220;Today we toast a summer for all, without stereotypes and aesthetic violence against our bodies,&#8221; the ad explained.
However, not everyone was impressed with the move, with many calling it absurd to assume that women need government permission to go to the beach. Junior equality minister Ángela Rodríguez Pam took to <a href="https://twitter.com/Pam_Angela_/status/1552270386125066240?s=20&amp;t=He0p99aXavcYnmvSqw2hVQ">Twitter</a> and wrote that &#8220;of course we go, but we&#8217;re assuming we&#8217;ll attract hatred for showing a body that isn&#8217;t standard,&#8221; the outlet noted.
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&#8220;Gentlemen saying that fat women could now go to the beach without permission from Equality,&#8221; the tweet read, per Twitter translate. &#8220;Of course we are going but assuming hatred for teaching a body that is not normative.&#8221;
&#8220;What we claim is that all bodies are fine, including yours, Manolo, which is not exactly the most beautiful,&#8221; the post added.
Others asked if the ad needed to include men who didn&#8217;t have a perfect physique. Then Spain&#8217;s left-wing leader, Cayo Lara, labeled the campaign the height of absurdity, saying it was trying to &#8220;create a problem where it doesn&#8217;t exist.&#8221;
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Actor Simon Pegg said during a recent radio interview that &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; had the most toxic fan base — especially when compared to &#8220;Star Trek.&#8221;
<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/11-must-watch-shows-and-movies-debuting-in-2021/">Pegg</a>, uniquely qualified to address that particular question because he has appeared in both franchises, made the comments on Sirius XM&#8217;s &#8220;Jim and Sam&#8221; radio show.
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&#8220;Who have you found has the hardest fans to please when you’re like jumping into the franchises between &#8216;Dr. Who,&#8217; &#8216;Star Trek,&#8217; &#8216;Star Wars.&#8217; I mean, these are people who, who take these licenses very, very seriously,&#8221; co-host Sam Roberts began.
&#8220;To be honest — And as someone who kind of was, you know, kicked off about the prequels when they came out, the &#8216;Star Wars&#8217; fan base really seems to be the most kind of toxic at the moment. I’m probably being very controversial to say that,&#8221; Pegg replied.
The &#8220;Shaun of the Dead&#8221; actor went on to note that he had said some things he regretted — and later apologized for — about the &#8220;<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/racist-sexist-bigots-the-beatdown-of-star-wars-own-fanbase/">Star Wars</a>&#8221; prequels, particularly the widely-panned character Jar-Jar Binks.
&#8220;I mean, I’m out of it now … I’ve apologized for the things I said about, you know, Jar Jar Binks. Cause of course there was a f***ing actor involved there. He was getting a lot of flack and … It was a human being. And because it got a lot of hate, he suffered, you know, and I feel terrible about being part of that,&#8221; Pegg said.
Actor Ahmed Best — the human behind the CGI character — <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-44708983">said</a> that the backlash got so bad that he considered suicide. Sharing a photo with his young son in 2018, Best said, &#8220;20 years next year I faced a media backlash that still affects my career today. This was the place I almost ended my life &#8230; It&#8217;s still hard to talk about. I survived and now this little guy is my gift for survival.&#8221;
Pegg then pivoted to compare the franchise to &#8220;<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/star-trek-strange-new-wokes/">Star Trek</a>,&#8221; where he played the role of Montgomery &#8220;Scotty&#8221; Scott in the recent series reboot.
&#8220;I find the &#8216;Star Trek&#8217; fans have always been very, very inclusive, you know, &#8216;Star Trek’s about diversity. It has been since 1966, it always was,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;There’s no sort of like, ‘Oh, you’re suddenly being woke.’ No, &#8216;Star Trek&#8217; was woke from the beginning, you know? … This is massively progressive. &#8216;Star Wars&#8217; suddenly there’s, there’s a little bit more diversity and everyone’s kicking off about it. And it’s, it’s really sad.&#8221;

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“<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/television">Friends</a>” co-creator Marta Kauffman is planning to atone for her crime of not having enough <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/diversity">diversity</a> on the hit NBC comedy series, she told the Los Angeles Times in an interview.
“I’ve learned a lot in the last 20 years,” Kauffman <a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2022-06-29/friends-diversity-marta-kauffman-brandeis-university">said</a> in a Zoom interview with the publication. “Admitting and accepting guilt is not easy. It’s painful looking at yourself in the mirror. I’m embarrassed that I didn’t know better 25 years ago.”
“Friends” documented the lives of six single people living in New York City. The series, which ran for 10 seasons from 1994 until 2004, became a worldwide sensation and is considered one of the most successful <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/entertainment">comedies</a> ever made. It boasts 62 Primetime Emmy Awards and a host of other awards and accolades.
While several of the recurring roles included black actors, the six main characters were all white. Kauffman regrets making this casting choice while still saying she’s happy that Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, Courteney Cox, David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc, and Matthew Perry were all part of the series.
“I would have been insane not to hire those six actors. What can I say? I wish Lisa was black?” she <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/friends-reunion-cast-reveals-creators-interview-1234959624/">told</a> The Hollywood Reporter prior to the reunion special airing.
Now Kauffman is pledging $4 million to her alma mater, Brandeis University. The money will be used for African American students specifically. 
The Marta F. Kauffman ’78 <a href="https://alumni.brandeis.edu/news/2022/06-15-aaas-endowment.html">Professorship in African and African American Studies</a> “will support a distinguished scholar with a concentration in the study of the peoples and cultures of Africa and the African diaspora” and “help the department to recruit more expert scholars and teachers, map long-term academic and research priorities and provide new opportunities for students to engage in interdisciplinary scholarship,” per the university.
“It took me a long time to begin to understand how I internalized systemic racism,” the alumna told Brandeis. “I’ve been working really hard to become an ally, an anti-racist. And this seemed to me to be a way that I could participate in the conversation from a white woman’s perspective.”
Kauffman said the topic of diversity has been on her mind for some time.
“It was after what happened to George Floyd that I began to wrestle with my having bought into systemic racism in ways I was never aware of,” Kauffman told the LA Times. “That was really the moment that I began to examine the ways I had participated. I knew then I needed to course-correct.”
“What makes this truly emotional for me is that I want this connection I didn’t have,” she continued. “I deeply, deeply want this connection with the black community that I didn’t have. Because of ‘Friends,’ I never attained that.”
The “Friends” co-creator also confirmed that any future projects would include a more diverse cast.
“I feel I was finally able to make some difference in the conversation,” Kauffman told the publication. “I have to say, after agreeing to this and when I stopped sweating, it didn’t unburden me, but it lifted me up. But until in my next production I can do it right, it isn’t over. I want to make sure from now on in every production I do that I am conscious in hiring people of color and actively pursue young writers of color. I want to know I will act differently from now on. And then I will feel unburdened.”

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