reacted to. here s what you wrote. you said the words diversity, equity and inclusion sound just and are often supported by well- inmention tensioned people. but their effects are the open sit of noble sentiment. requires being willing to tell an applicant i will ignore your merits and qualifications and deny you admission because you belong to the wrong group. we propose an alternative framework called merit, fairness and equality, different than equity whereby university applicants rigorous and unbiased process based on their merit and qualifications alone. professor, that sounds like that makes a lot of sense to me like something that should be a part of at least a debate and discussion. yet, mit said it s not happening here. yeah. that s correct. i mean, my fundamental point is that equal treatment of each person is an important legal and moral principle and we abandoned this principle at our peril. i m not sure if i can explain