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The Daily Iowan http://128.255.60.56/cgi-bin/LiveIQue.acgi$rec=2620?Arts THE DAILY TODAY IOWAN Front Page Metro Nation/World Viewpoints Arts Sports Archives Contact us Specials U. Edition Postgame *Classifieds Online *Letters to the Editor *Ad Info *Subscription Info *DI Stuff Copyright 1999 The Daily Iowan Copyright 1999 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Online since 1996 The Daily Iowan Wednesday, March 31, 1999 Page 8A Lee Strang - Questioning whether UI really wants true diversity THE UI diversity statement declares that this institution believes the road to a "diversity of people and the many points of view they bring" is paved with the unrealized dreams of those who, while qualified, are not the politically correct gender or race. To accomplish this diversity of viewpoints, the benevolent UI, using its euphemism for quotas, tries to "increase employment opportunities for women and members of minority groups (by) eliminat(ing) under-utilization in job classifications." What the UI seeks is not equality of opportunity -- that is not good enough -- but "equality as a fact and equality as a result," as Lyndon Johnson said in an address at Howard University and which the UI statement quotes approvingly. The UI policy will not lead to a diversity of viewpoints, which is an oft-heard reason for affirmative action. And besides being morally repugnant, affirmative action is rationally inconsistent. Professor James Lindgren of Northwestern University spoke last semester at the UI law school about viewpoint diversity. Lindgren, using the 1996 General Societal Survey, found the greatest differences of viewpoints are not between racial groups, ethnic groups or genders but, in descending order: between liberal Democrat and conservative Republicans, different religions, those with different educational backgrounds and then between blacks and whites. Lindgren continued, shattering the myth that race and gender are the 1 of 3 4/15/99 1:29 PM
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The Daily Iowan http://128.255.60.56/cgi-bin/LiveIQue.acgi$rec=2620?Arts THE DAILY TODAY IOWAN Front Page Metro Nation/World Viewpoints Arts Sports Archives Contact us Specials U. Edition Postgame *Classifieds Online *Letters to the Editor *Ad Info *Subscription Info *DI Stuff Copyright 1999 The Daily Iowan Copyright 1999 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Online since 1996 The Daily Iowan Wednesday, March 31, 1999 Page 8A Lee Strang - Questioning whether UI really wants true diversity THE UI diversity statement declares that this institution believes the road to a "diversity of people and the many points of view they bring" is paved with the unrealized dreams of those who, while qualified, are not the politically correct gender or race. To accomplish this diversity of viewpoints, the benevolent UI, using its euphemism for quotas, tries to "increase employment opportunities for women and members of minority groups (by) eliminat(ing) under-utilization in job classifications." What the UI seeks is not equality of opportunity -- that is not good enough -- but "equality as a fact and equality as a result," as Lyndon Johnson said in an address at Howard University and which the UI statement quotes approvingly. The UI policy will not lead to a diversity of viewpoints, which is an oft-heard reason for affirmative action. And besides being morally repugnant, affirmative action is rationally inconsistent. Professor James Lindgren of Northwestern University spoke last semester at the UI law school about viewpoint diversity. Lindgren, using the 1996 General Societal Survey, found the greatest differences of viewpoints are not between racial groups, ethnic groups or genders but, in descending order: between liberal Democrat and conservative Republicans, different religions, those with different educational backgrounds and then between blacks and whites. Lindgren continued, shattering the myth that race and gender are the 1 of 3 4/15/99 1:29 PM
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