Hiring your brother is the original affirmative action for white people.
Diversity initiatives were meant to overcome the old patterns of nepotism, so I guess it makes sense that the enemies of diversity are big fans of nepotism.
Why is Pete Hegseth bringing his wife to top security meetings and hiring his brother at the Pentagon? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
March 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Hiring your brother is the original affirmative action for white people.
Affirmative action for creeps, weirdos, scoundrels and louts.
January 23, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Affirmative action for creeps, weirdos, scoundrels and louts.
there is a certain liberal anti-affirmative action scholar who has insisted, like a rube, that once racial preferences are gone we can build support for class-based affirmative action. but the people who oppose affirmative action also very obviously oppose redress for class inequality!
“Johns Hopkins has not merely preserved its discriminatory DEI framework — it has entrenched, expanded and openly celebrated it as a cornerstone of its institutional identity,”
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/hi...
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/hi...
Conservative group files complaint against Hopkins medical school
America First Legal is asking the U.S. Department of Justice to launch a formal investigation into diversity policies at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
July 18, 2025 at 1:44 PM
there is a certain liberal anti-affirmative action scholar who has insisted, like a rube, that once racial preferences are gone we can build support for class-based affirmative action. but the people who oppose affirmative action also very obviously oppose redress for class inequality!
“An affirmative no.”
WYDEN: Did you promise any tax promoter you would help them if you got confirmed?
LONG: I can answer that with an affirmative no
W: So you didn't meet w/ anybody when you were in town for the inauguration & promise help?
L: Not that I can think of. And I had food poisoning
W: We have it on tape
LONG: I can answer that with an affirmative no
W: So you didn't meet w/ anybody when you were in town for the inauguration & promise help?
L: Not that I can think of. And I had food poisoning
W: We have it on tape
May 20, 2025 at 8:23 PM
“An affirmative no.”
I.e., Affirmative action for MAGA
🧵: If you're wondering just how intrusive the Trump admin's demands of Harvard were, consider this one: "Every department or field found to lack viewpoint diversity must be reformed by hiring a critical mass of new faculty within that department or field who will provide viewpoint diversity."
April 15, 2025 at 3:28 AM
I.e., Affirmative action for MAGA
Affirmative action for mediocre scholars.
Exclusive: Harvard leaders have discussed creating a center for conservative scholarship as the school fights the Trump administration’s accusations that it is too liberal.
Harvard Explores New Center for Conservative Scholarship Amid Trump Attacks
The Ivy League school has discussed an effort to ‘support viewpoint diversity’ with potential donors. Harvard says the initiative ‘will not be partisan.’
on.wsj.com
July 11, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Affirmative action for mediocre scholars.
They literally want affirmative action for white people.
Missouri's AG Andrew Bailey is suing Starbucks, arguing that its workforce is too "female" and "non-white" and as a result Missouri consumers “pay higher prices and wait longer for goods and services" because its workforce is "less qualified"
This is a brazenly racist and sexist lawsuit.
This is a brazenly racist and sexist lawsuit.
February 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
They literally want affirmative action for white people.
sounds like affirmative action for MAGA basically
FIRST ON CBS NEWS: A history of hiring prostitutes or stealing from work may no longer be a barrier to employment at the FBI.
At the FBI, a history of hiring prostitutes or stealing from employer may no longer be a barrier to being hired
In June, the FBI quietly lowered some of the standards it uses when it conducts background checks on would-be federal agents and other personnel.
cbsn.ws
August 29, 2026 at 12:39 AM
sounds like affirmative action for MAGA basically
Affirmative action for fascists
So weird how this keeps happening. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
October 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Affirmative action for fascists
How is “viewpoint diversity” not just affirmative action for people with bad ideas
SCOOP: Harvard is quietly asking donors for $10 million gifts to establish endowed professorships in a bid to reshape faculty under the banner of “viewpoint diversity,” according to two people familiar.
Hugo C. Chiasson and Elise A. Spenner report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
Hugo C. Chiasson and Elise A. Spenner report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
Harvard Asks Donors to Endow $10 Million Professorships for ‘Viewpoint Diversity’ Initiative | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard is quietly asking donors for $10 million gifts to establish new endowed professorships in a sweeping bid to reshape its faculty under the banner of “viewpoint diversity,” according to two…
www.thecrimson.com
April 16, 2026 at 12:02 PM
How is “viewpoint diversity” not just affirmative action for people with bad ideas
November 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
fact of the matter is that more people than you think simply see black students as inherently “unqualified” and thus blame affirmative action for taking the spot of a “deserving” student, even when affirmative action no longer exists.
May 3, 2026 at 12:00 AM
fact of the matter is that more people than you think simply see black students as inherently “unqualified” and thus blame affirmative action for taking the spot of a “deserving” student, even when affirmative action no longer exists.
Two white women seriously asking if having affirmative action for decades solved anything.
Roll the tape!
Roll the tape!
May 16, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Two white women seriously asking if having affirmative action for decades solved anything.
Roll the tape!
Roll the tape!
Affirmative action for senatorial siblings.
NEW: Sen. Darline Graham, appointed to serve the remainder of her late brother Lindsey Graham’s Senate term, tells Fox News she’ll run in the South Carolina GOP primary for a full term:
“I know I’m a hard worker. I’ve learned it from Lindsey…I feel like I can do it”
“I know I’m a hard worker. I’ve learned it from Lindsey…I feel like I can do it”
July 20, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Affirmative action for senatorial siblings.
Affirmative action is bad and illegal unless it’s our affirmative action
Exclusive: Harvard leaders have discussed creating a center for conservative scholarship as the school fights the Trump administration’s accusations that it is too liberal.
Harvard Explores New Center for Conservative Scholarship Amid Trump Attacks
The Ivy League school has discussed an effort to ‘support viewpoint diversity’ with potential donors. Harvard says the initiative ‘will not be partisan.’
on.wsj.com
July 11, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Affirmative action is bad and illegal unless it’s our affirmative action
Oh shit they banned affirmative action for rich white kids
*CALIFORNIA ENDS LEGACY, DONOR ADMISSIONS AT PRIVATE COLLEGES
*STANFORD, USC BANNED FROM GIVING PREFERENCE TO LEGACY STUDENTS
*STANFORD, USC BANNED FROM GIVING PREFERENCE TO LEGACY STUDENTS
October 1, 2024 at 1:53 AM
Oh shit they banned affirmative action for rich white kids
this is literally all of it, in every single anti affirmative action movement everywhere on earth
these people hate DEI because they would be unemployable in any system where they couldn’t rely on favoritism and nepotism
Just read this.
April 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
this is literally all of it, in every single anti affirmative action movement everywhere on earth
Pete Hegseth: the ultimate affirmative action hire.
April 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Pete Hegseth: the ultimate affirmative action hire.
Affirmative action for men.
"young men are struggling to meet the Army's eligibility requirements" And this after the ARMY even created a special program that helps mainly male recruits get up to snuff. Wow.
January 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Affirmative action for men.
Look at all this affirmative action!
Hey @harvard.edu, they don’t have to keep their degrees, right?
May 24, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Look at all this affirmative action!
this administration is affirmative action for guys who killed ants with a magnifying glass as kids
May 1, 2025 at 3:40 AM
this administration is affirmative action for guys who killed ants with a magnifying glass as kids
the original affirmative action was affirmative action for white people, i.e., white women www.vox.com/2016/5/25/11...
March 29, 2025 at 7:58 PM
the original affirmative action was affirmative action for white people, i.e., white women www.vox.com/2016/5/25/11...
Nelson is distinguishing this case from the court's ruling in the affirmative action case and she's right but the anti-affirmative action crowd won't care.
October 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Nelson is distinguishing this case from the court's ruling in the affirmative action case and she's right but the anti-affirmative action crowd won't care.
Conservative affirmative action is wild. They just let anyone do any job no matter their qualifications, so long as they’re loyal.
Reading about the former model with zero experience in historiography or the arts who will now curate, among others, the National Museum of African-American History & Culture and the National Museum of the American Indian
August 13, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Conservative affirmative action is wild. They just let anyone do any job no matter their qualifications, so long as they’re loyal.