I'm wondering if anyone calling this "racism" (or good grief "reverse racism") even read her post. Have none of you heard of Jonathan Swift? This was a blog post, not a policy proposal to her department, for crying out loud. Sure, the idea is extreme on its face, but she discusses some very real issues faced by underrepresented groups, and she challenges those in academia to think deeply about how they approach hiring and diversity. She challenges all of us who identify as progressive or liberal to think about whether we are genuinely making effort to create more equitable institutions in real, tangible ways: are you walking the walk or just talking the talk? Yet rather than taking an opportunity for a thoughtful discussion, we have a bunch of pearl-clutching over the fate of a bunch of cis white guys...who are going to be affected by this post how, exactly? C'mon, progressives - we need to better than knee-jerk reactions of the O'Reilly crowd when a black woman calls out inequality!

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