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National Security Threatened by Devotion to Diversity
We know the diversity doctrine harms the quality of higher education, but did you know that it threatens our national security? So asks NAS member George Seaver, a former 
Teaching Fellow and postdoctoral Fellow at
In an article in Commentary Magazine, Seaver shows how the military, the FBI, the CIA, and the Office of National Intelligence have each adopted “diversity” policies, to their detriment. Performance suffered at the FBI in the since Louis Freeh, director from 1993-2001, made it his agenda to “diversify the agent force.” Seaver notes a Wall Street Journal editorial that attributes the “main cause of inadequate intelligence performance over the past three decades” to “a decline in the quality of personnel, brought about by pressures for diversity.”
The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, instead of mitigating enthusiasm for diversity, increased it. Fearing that they would be profiled for profiling, security offices made things easier for future attackers, opening the
Seaver points out that the
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The diversity doctrine not only harms the quality of higher education and, quite possibly, national security; it can also get in the way of campus crime prevention. The following incident illustrates just that.
On Tuesday, November 10, a woman employee at my college answered a knock on her office door. Upon opening the door, she was immediately sexually assaulted. A violent struggle ensued between her and her attacker. Due to her screams, the assailant eventually fled the scene. The victim was taken to the hospital and treated for her injuries. She was able to give a competent description of the man who assaulted her. The crime, committed in broad daylight, was scary enough. However, what followed was even scarier.
In the aftermath of the crime, campus police posted a sketch and a description of the suspect. The perpetrator was described as a "stocky, five-foot-five Hispanic male" who wore a white sleeveless T-shirt and black gloves. Students and employees were urged to be aware of their surroundings and to alert campus police of any suspicious individuals fitting the description. So far, so good. Then, within 24 hours of the incident, the campus police chief sent a warning via college e-mail, asking that everyone "refrain from engaging in profiling." According to the chief, the sketch had resulted in a number of calls that had "inordinately focused on race, rather than suspicious behavior." The college president also chimed in, cautioning the campus community to not "stereotype anyone on a visual basis", and a couple of well-known PC devotees on the faculty seconded the president's motion. It was truly laughable -- if it had not been so serious.
Considering the possibility that descriptions of criminals by race, gender, color or ethnicity will soon be taboo -- and that estimates of a perpetrator's age, height and weight might also be viewed as politically incorrect -- I can easily envision the PC version of the crime that recently happened on my campus. It would sound something like this: "The victim was a person employed by the college. He/she described his/her attacker as another person. In an effort to avoid profiling, a sketch of the assailant will not be made public. What we can tell you is that the person wore a white sleeveless T-shirt and black gloves. However, we caution against any visual stereotyping, particularly of persons wearing white T-shirts and black gloves. We also urge everyone to focus on suspicious behavior, not on the person him/herself."
Unfortunately, Army Chief of Staff George Casey does not have to worry about diversity becoming "a casualty." It looks like it is here to stay.
by ivorytowerreform Posted on 11/30/2009