DEI scholars at prestigious university won’t debate merits of DEI [Video]

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, one of the most renowned universities in the world, will soon host a debate about whether diversity, equity, and inclusion belongs in higher education. Yet not a single DEI scholar at MIT will participate in the debate.

According to an event promotion, the Adam Smith Society at MIT and the MIT Free Speech Alliance are scheduled to host an “Oxford Union-style” debate about whether “academic DEI programs should be abolished.” Event organizers invited almost 100 MIT scholars, many of whom are directly involved with DEI, to participate. None of them accepted the invitation except for one unnamed professor who still cannot attend the event due to a traveling conflict, the College Fix claimed.

Instead, MIT will bring in pro-DEI voices from outside the school. Pamela Denise Long, a freelance writer and an adjunct professor at Southern Illinois University, and Karith Foster, founder of INVERSITY Solutions, will speak on behalf of the merits …