Tuesday, July 19, 2022

"You can't categorize these ancient remains, you don't know

how they identified!"

No, I'm not joking.

There's also this:
Gender politics are not the only ideology to work its way into anthropology and archaeology. Some activists have called for scientists to cease classifying remains by race, as well.

“Forensic anthropologists have not fully considered the racist context of the criminal justice system in the United States related to the treatment of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color; nor have we considered that ancestry estimation might actually hinder identification efforts because of entrenched racial biases,” Elizabeth DiGangi of Binghamton University and Jonathan Bethard of the University of South Florida wrote in a study released in January.

“Ancestry estimation contributes to white supremacy,” DiGangi and Bethard wrote, labeling the practice “dangerous.”

These idiots won't be satisfied until they've damaged every field of science in the name of 'equity', and whatever other word salad they can come up with.

1 comment:

Mind your own business said...

University trustees and boards should be grateful for these faculty and departments for self-identifying as useless wastes of resources. This should be useful when it comes time to set budgets and priorities.