Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob
“Northwestern University is being sued for ‘consciously discriminating’ in favor of women and racial minorities at the expense of obviously better qualified candidates. … One of those with the requisite demographic characteristics is Destiny Peery, a black woman who graduated near the bottom of her class at Northwestern Law School. The suit alleges that Dan Rodriguez, the dean in 2014, the year she was hired, threatened to penalize faculty members who voted against her. She would ‘never even have been considered’ for the appointment but for her sex and race. Rodriguez also ordered the faculty to abstain from discussing candidates on the faculty listserv and mentioned the risk of litigation as his reason for the ban. In other words, this administrator knew that his policy was illegal and sought to cover it up.” (02/26/25)
https://thisiscommonsense.org/2025/02/26/diversity-versus-merit/