“Science has had enormous trouble building a workforce that reflects the public it serves. And now, numerous state governments are trying to make it more difficult, if not impossible, at the public universities in their states & even within the scientific community, there are efforts to derail the idea that it matters who does science.”
https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/it-matters-who-does-science #science
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in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •legraLeGra
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •Yes — science should be diverse.
But, this article is remiss to start at the university level.
Public school funding “.”
Can New York City truly claim high ground when its top performing high schools have only 11% students who are black or Hispanic (while the district as a whole is 66% black and Hispanic)?
Quality education starts well before college and university.
Its why the intern programs I mentor in now have high school teachers and kids. Wish I could do middle school, too.
CJ Paloma
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •Of course it matters who does science!
Oppression has been one of the largest obstacles to human and planetary well being.
Yet fields of study that DIRECTLY study oppression itself have had to battle...oppression...to be seen as "legitimate" by privileged folks.
All of the "great" historical thinkers about power have been ...highly privileged white men... to think this hasn't hindered the entire field is to be utterly blind!
June Blender
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •Barry Goldman
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •is it science's job to serve th public? Interesting question! Is it an artist's job to serve th public?
Is th purpose of public funding to GET A RETURN on that funding or just to allow our fellows to pursue their drwams?
I find these questions interesting