WHY IS ACADEMIA SO FULL OF HATE AND DISCRIMINATION? A New Systemic Racism? Hiring at some of the country’s elite institutions paints a troubling picture. “Maybe white high schoolers overlooked Princeton this year. But we think there’s a greater likelihood that the university is treating white applicants the way Harvard treats Asians—and that, aware of the way hiring works at the country’s elite institutions, today’s ambitious high schoolers are rushing to discover long lost indigenous ancestors. The understanding of smart young people today that there are material benefits to identifying as a minority should be enough to give the lie to claims of systemic racism—at least against minorities.”