Vitriol against LC is real. But the vitriol is part of the backlash against diversicrats weaponing their race for their career such as accusing one's department of bigotry to be promoted to full professor
-- This is the answer. The absence of an analogous backlash against Roger Ferguson bears it out.
"Whyte people will do whatever it takes to exclude blacks from powerful spaces"
If OP is an economist, he knows that a Hoxby or Washington nomination would have raised no objections. Fundamentally dishonest post.I’m not so naive to think Hoxby and Washington wouldn’t raise objections, but they’d be easier to call racist
Would Hoxby actually be a good nominee though?
I agree she is plenty legit at what she does, but I think we should nominate someone with actual macro chops. Not just the smartest URM female with an econ PhD.
"Whyte people will do whatever it takes to exclude blacks from powerful spaces"
If OP is an economist, he knows that a Hoxby or Washington nomination would have raised no objections. Fundamentally dishonest post.I’m not so naive to think Hoxby and Washington wouldn’t raise objections, but they’d be easier to call racist
Would Hoxby actually be a good nominee though?
I agree she is plenty legit at what she does, but I think we should nominate someone with actual macro chops. Not just the smartest URM female with an econ PhD.
You’re not taking into account that Bidet has embraced the woke madness so nominating bl.lkc women is paramount. Everything else including competence comes second. The problem is that even when doing that he’s stwpid, he could at least pick the smartest URM