No prize awarded because the nominees
were white men
Donsurber.com,
by
Don Surber
Original Article
Posted By: earlybird,
10/26/2021 1:17:24 PM
Woke is too kind a word for this story because Scientific American now approves of discrimination based on race and sex.
A great story fell into the publication's lap. The American Geophysical Union refused to award a prize for excellence in science because all five candidates were white males.
What kind of nonsense is that? Do the members of the prize committee eschew flight because the Wright Brothers were white males? Do they walk rather than drive a car, ride a bicycle, or ride a motorcycle because all of them were invented by white males? Ditto trains. Ditto telegraph. Ditto radio. Ditto TV.
Rather than take this committee to task, Scientific American praised
Reply 1 - Posted by:
thekidsmom66 10/26/2021 1:21:02 PM (No. 957989)
Before we call them backstabbers, and write them off, let's see what comes of it. The fact they have appeared and are "speaking" doesn't mean they're really telling them anything. Or they could tell them the truth, which means they'll be vilified in the press. So we'll know soon enough.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Jethro bo 10/26/2021 1:29:06 PM (No. 957994)
They should sue based on discrimination. Oh wait, Democrats have been blaming white males for the evils of the world for at least 3 generations. Therefore, discrimination against white males falls into the Just-Us category. They are not Just-Us so not subject to the usual laws.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
ronniethek 10/26/2021 1:31:48 PM (No. 957995)
To those who say that diversity is a strength I say you are full of it. Diversity means NOTHING OR LESS THAN NOTHING IN A MERITOCRACY. Awards for scientific achieve fall into the meritocracy basket.This Marxist cra# is destroying education the professions and any meritocracy based endeavor.. Diversity of skill sets and relevant backgrounds are a good idea - diversity based on race ethnicity or ones sexual preference are anathema to a world that wants Togo forward and prosper.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
LeeBertie 10/26/2021 1:34:56 PM (No. 957998)
I suppose "best people" is now nothing more than a dog whistle for deplorable, bigoted, white supremacist, paternalistic, misogynistic, toxic male oppressors.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
DVC 10/26/2021 1:45:07 PM (No. 958004)
Hard reality. White men have created most of the technology, culture, science and all other 'modern benefits' that we have.
Most of the black and other indigenous cultures on the planet were still in the stone age when European white males had great art, great literature, great architecture, delivered water over huge distances, paved roads, iron, then steel, firearms, ocean spanning ships, and great music. And had had them for many centuries, even millennia.
Pretending otherwise is just a lie.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
snowoutlaw 10/26/2021 1:45:08 PM (No. 958005)
How about they give one award for Excellence and one based on race and gender. That way everyone can ignore the fake awards.
Its not sex, its gender idiots, sex no longer has any meaning to the left.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
bldrrepub 10/26/2021 1:48:29 PM (No. 958011)
As much as I despise Scientific American and its fall from robust science reporting, SciAm merely reprinted a story from the website E&E. E&E was also a good balanced publication at one time. No longer.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
itsonlyme 10/26/2021 1:59:43 PM (No. 958019)
Order a case of Kleenex for the American White Guilt Geophysical Union.
Don't be surprised if a petition is circulating to add Hussein to Mount Rushmore.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
downnout 10/26/2021 2:10:00 PM (No. 958030)
And what color are the members of the committee? I’ll take “White” for $200, Alex.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Maggie2u 10/26/2021 2:20:19 PM (No. 958036)
Well, duh. An easy solution to this is for those who have been nominated to self-identity as women. There, problem solved. And there better not be any argument about it or those "offended" are homophobic.
Alinsky rule number 4. Use the rules they set up against them. (I'm paraphrasing)
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
coyote 10/26/2021 2:21:56 PM (No. 958038)
The new racism continues to rise.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
udanja99 10/26/2021 2:26:08 PM (No. 958041)
Better yet, #10, they could all identify as POCs.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 10/26/2021 2:29:46 PM (No. 958045)
Gee, always thought scientists were smart. Perhaps the people that nixxed the award really aren't scientists.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Blue-Z-Anna 10/26/2021 2:58:47 PM (No. 958063)
Diversity by definition would have to include white males but they've even F'd that up.
It's confirmation that White Supremacy is a joke but white excellence abounds !!!
Oppressed Whites must fight the injustice.
We must form our own unique gangsta culture and learn how to miss use and miss spell the language. We must axe each other how we can carry on the shtruggle!
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
JackBurton 10/26/2021 3:21:36 PM (No. 958089)
Scientific American.
It's neither.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Zeek Wolfe 10/26/2021 3:27:12 PM (No. 958096)
Before the Portugese landed in sub-sahara west Africa 600 years ago natives had never seen the wheel.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
AntiStatist 10/26/2021 3:39:51 PM (No. 958107)
Those who want to disregard the catalysts of civilizational advancement brought to the world by white men should respect their hate (and self-hate) by doing without all those things, and live their lives accordingly. That being nasty, brutish, and short.
It's amazing how these idiots hate whites but love the white things.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
leonardo 10/26/2021 3:41:44 PM (No. 958109)
NO unbiased person can now claim that this "magazine" is properly named.
It is UN-AMERICAN by its action and blatantly promotes RACISM rather than science. SO, lets RENAME this formerly-respected mag to "RACIST UN-AMERICAN." Science? WHATEVER. Unless they FIRE ALL "WOKE" persons who have contributed to this stupidity, simply stop subscribing to such publications and they will either CHANGE or disappear.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Son of Grady 10/26/2021 4:15:54 PM (No. 958127)
Defund them.
They cannot be considered a serious group if the members are this petty and racist.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 10/26/2021 4:17:39 PM (No. 958129)
My dear departed mom would simply say, ''They don't even do that in the BEST of families.''
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
VAPMAN 10/26/2021 5:09:35 PM (No. 958161)
Perhaps no women or people of color were nominated because there were none who had performed excellent work that would qualify for such an award. Do the work and get the prize.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
mc squared 10/26/2021 5:30:48 PM (No. 958178)
Why should we ignore all the advancements and scientific progress that's come out of Africa?
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Hermit_Crab 10/26/2021 5:34:53 PM (No. 958181)
Well, maybe there are some great geophysicists among the Haitians, Afghanis and and Mexican / Central American peons 0biden is importing, and next year they will be able to present the awards.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
lakerman1 10/27/2021 12:50:44 AM (No. 958415)
You people might want to look at a supreme court case, 2009, Ricci v. DeStefano.
In that case, white Hartford, Connecticut firefighters were improperly denied promotions, because no black firefighters scored high enough to get promoted.
The case parallels the decision discussed in this article.
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