Lawrence Krauss:: The New Scientific Method: Identity Politics

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   Even raising these questions is likely to bring on a chorus of condemnation, and if I hadn’t retired from my academic position, I probably would be much more hesitant. They bring to mind a statement in November by Dorian Abbot, an associate professor of geophysics at the University of Chicago. “Let’s fight bias in science by working hard to reduce bias, not by introducing it,” he wrote. “Let’s treat each applicant for conferences, fellowships, and faculty positions as an individual worthy of dignity and respect. Let’s treat all applicants fairly by judging them only on the basis of their ability and promise as scientists.”
   In another time, Mr. Abbot’s sentiments might have been applauded. Instead, more than 100 students and postdoctoral fellows at Chicago submitted a letter to the geophysics faculty asking that he be punished because his ideas “threaten the safety and belonging of all of underrepresented groups within the department."

"...threaten[s] the safety"...utterest fucking bullshit.