Funder bars university from grant programme over white-male award line-up

shit-zen-giggles · 2022-03-20T16:33:15+00:00

And in academia, a breakdown of government spending last year revealed that men continue to receive the lion’s share of medical-research funding in Australia, despite equal numbers of men and women applying for grants.

It was amid this political climate that the University of Melbourne hosted the honorary degree ceremony at which the picture was taken — one of its first in-person events since the start of the pandemic. James McCluskey, deputy vice-chancellor of research at the university, says that other people, including three women and an Indigenous man, were scheduled to receive honorary awards that day but weren’t able to make it.

What remained were the six white men, and “rather stupidly, someone took a photo and posted it, thinking it was something to celebrate”, says McCluskey. “It backfired very badly.”

They literally lost access to one of the most important scientific funding sources over a photo!

Edit: The real irony is that non-white men and women who work at Melbourne Uni are equally excluded now. Through no fault of their own. Well done Snow foundation.

Nachtlicht_ · 2022-03-20T21:56:22+00:00

I can't believe that honestly. What has happened to these people? Ironically they call these kind of things "equality", "inclusion". Imagine a young boy seeing that, his subconsciousness... This is time to wake up, right? People will notice how bad it is if things like that are happening, won't they

politicsthrowaway230 · 2022-03-21T12:33:06+00:00

What if the men were gay or poor? Do we just not give a shit about any of that anymore? As we all know, the sole determinants of privilege are gender first, race a close second, and literally nothing else.

Title	Funder bars university from grant programme over white-male award line-up
Author	shit-zen-giggles
Upvotes	36
Comments	6
Date	March 20, 2022 4:30 PM UTC (4 years ago)
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