Affirmative action was banned. No demand is about affirmative action. Plus, "The announcement went on to suggest that Harvard had not done enough to curb antisemitism on campus.", meaning Trump wants Harvard to curb Palestinian activism—discriminate against West Asian activism.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I don't think there is any coherent demand they could meet here. Columbia met the demands, and instead of a restoration of funding, they just got more demands.

This is about giving up on the idea that any kind of truth or authority derives from knowledge or research. Not any kind of narrow request to engage in a particular kind of discrimination.

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I didn't mean to say that "curb antisemitism" was their only demand either.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 months ago

Yeah. I don't think it's any kind of finite demand list though; more of an open-ended ask for unlimited support for Trump and Musk's whims.

[–] kitnaht@lemmy.world -2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Some of the actions that the Trump administration demanded of Harvard were:

Conducting plagiarism checks on all current and prospective faculty members.

Sharing all its hiring data with the Trump administration, and subjecting itself to audits of its hiring while “reforms are being implemented,” at least through 2028.

Providing all admissions data to the federal government, including information on both rejected and admitted applicants, sorted by race, national origin, grade-point average and performance on standardized tests.

Immediately shutting down any programming related to diversity, equity and inclusion.

So uh...calling bullshit. "No demand is about affirmative action." my ass. Did you even read the article?

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 3 months ago

I did read that, but I didn't realize that indicated the federal government would use it to check for affirmative action until you emphasized it. Sorry, subtext can be hard to pick up on the first read. I doubt that they would find anything new that's discriminatory, though. Like I said, SCOTUS already banned affirmative action (only exception being military academies).

Also, DEI is not about affirmative action, and I don't see how plagiarism checks are related.