Thread by @rasmansa

Bo: "in academia it's indisputably the case that people of color are given advantages over white people...the who is the least likely to get a job all other things being equal is a white male"

Academia: 40% white males, 27% white women, 4% black, and less than 4% Hispanic.

https://twitter.com/TheRocsWorld/status/1340659274364674049

Before someone says there aren't enough black academics with PhDs.

6.5% of PhD recipients are black and 7% Hispanic.
Yet these groups are max 4% each of full-time academic faculty.

The idea that black and Hispanic people have advantages getting faculty positions in academia, or have "minority privilege" in academia is completely divorced from the reality of academia.

If people want to make the argument that black people with PhDs aren't qualified, well...

Darn typo: "the people who is the least likely"*

Another thing people are asking is about new tenure track roles.

Minorities are still underrepresented in tenure track roles, and it's actually gotten worse in the last two decades.

66% of tenure track profs are white, only 52% of new PhDs are white.

But do tell me more about minority privilege in getting the good new academic jobs 🙄

There was some confusion as to why I said it had gotten worse.

Minorities have significantly increased their share of doctoral degrees received, but their share of tenure track positions have increased at a slower rate.