And the Mellon foundation is America's biggest funder of the humanities and it is a radical leftist foundation. And let me read from this column. The University of Virginia launched a hiring spree in 2020 as it pledged to become a racial equity focused university. A special initiative promised to recruit 30 doctoral fellows and quote, open the gateway for them to fill tenure tech jobs. One current fellow specialties include trans feminisms and gender queer life writing. (14:31–14:39)
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Asserts that the University of Virginia initiated a hiring spree in 2020 to focus on racial equity.
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