It seems to me that the musical Hamilton (and it's impressive popularity) provide powerful support for your opposition to the excesses of DEI, Inc. DEI, Inc. would have prevented the creation or proper appreciation of the valuable contribution to art and society of Manuel Lin Miranda's Hamilton.
I happened to listen to your podcast with Dr. Anika Prather (Expanding the Canon: Are "Great Books" Obsolete) before I listened to your DEI, Inc. podcast. So when I heard this podcast, it was with the Canon podcast in mind. I thought that Dr. Prather's insights in the Canon podcast were invaluable to appreciating the wisdom of speaking out against DEI, Inc.
Actually, I liked your Canon podcast quite a lot for multiple reasons, and I'll listen to it multiple times. I immediately started sharing the Canon podcast, including with people caught up in the excesses of DEI, Inc. To me Dr. Prather's insights that were most important were about power and empowerment.
Closing one's mind (or closing the minds of others) to a source of empowerment merely because of the perceived color or other personal characteristics of the author is the worst form of judging a book by its cover. Judging a book by the author's color (or by what the author did or did not reveal about any personal characteristic or experience) makes no sense. It's the mind that matters, not its cover.
It seems to me that the musical Hamilton (and it's impressive popularity) provide powerful support for your opposition to the excesses of DEI, Inc. DEI, Inc. would have prevented the creation or proper appreciation of the valuable contribution to art and society of Manuel Lin Miranda's Hamilton.
I happened to listen to your podcast with Dr. Anika Prather (Expanding the Canon: Are "Great Books" Obsolete) before I listened to your DEI, Inc. podcast. So when I heard this podcast, it was with the Canon podcast in mind. I thought that Dr. Prather's insights in the Canon podcast were invaluable to appreciating the wisdom of speaking out against DEI, Inc.
Actually, I liked your Canon podcast quite a lot for multiple reasons, and I'll listen to it multiple times. I immediately started sharing the Canon podcast, including with people caught up in the excesses of DEI, Inc. To me Dr. Prather's insights that were most important were about power and empowerment.
Closing one's mind (or closing the minds of others) to a source of empowerment merely because of the perceived color or other personal characteristics of the author is the worst form of judging a book by its cover. Judging a book by the author's color (or by what the author did or did not reveal about any personal characteristic or experience) makes no sense. It's the mind that matters, not its cover.
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