Lysenkoism Watch: W&M Anthropology

Should academic departments be issuing statements on antiracism?

Not sure--but it's not crazy. That racism is bad isn't controversial. So I think issuing such statements is consistent with institutional neutrality.

However:

(1) "Eurocentrism" has nothing in particular to do with racism.

(2) Departments probably shouldn't be making official statements against "Eurocentrism."

(3) Rejecting "Eurocentrism" sidles right up to rejecting our whole worldview, including science.

(4) LOL "inequities"

(5) Departments shouldn't be taking a position on "equity."

(6) Among other things, that's tantamount to proclaiming that the department is leftist.

(7) LOL "white supremacy"

(8) "Decolonizing": see "Eurocentrism."  This gets even closer to rejecting science.

(9) Departments should lose their funding for officially supporting BLM.

(10) This is "activist scholarship," i.e. Lysenkoism.