There is much talk of a “vibe shift” in America this year. Declaring open support for Donald Trump is more acceptable and easier to do than ever. DEI departments in corporate America are shrinking or folding completely. Some colleges are even dialing back affirmative action.
But don’t fall for the hype too much just yet. This year’s crop of MacArthur Fellows just dropped, and they are, in microcosm, proof that at some of the highest echelons of American intellectual life, the fungal rot of DEI and CRT is as formidable as ever.
About twenty to thirty of the so-called MacArthur “Genius Grants” are given out each year by the MacArthur Foundation, one of America’s many very rich left-leaning foundations bankrolled by the hijacked inherited fortune of a deceased white male. Totaling $800,000 apiece, the grants are intended for individuals who have demonstrated “extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction.” The awards are famous for their lack of transparency; there are applications but no public nominations, and even those who decide who wins the awards remain mostly anonymous. Because of the substantial prize, which comes with no strings attached, winning a MacArthur is a dream achievement for practically any individual in any academic, scientific, or creative field.
Distinguished past winners of MacArthur grants include novelist Cormac McCarthy, computer scientist Stephen Wolfram, and mathematician Terence Tao. […]
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