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U.S. Rep Thomas Massie (R-KY) recently celebrated Massachusetts Institute of Technology's decision to reject a deal from the Trump administration, leading to a public dispute with Stephen Miller.

Trump adviser Stephen Miller chimed in on that post, writing, "MIT is a federally funded and financed institution. The US government asked MIT, as one of America’s largest recipients of taxpayer dollars, to certify that students and professors will be hired based on objective merit and not skin color."

"Undergrad tuition is privately funded at MIT with a few exceptions like Pell grants which apply to all colleges," Massie wrote. "I trust MIT more than any party at the White House to know which 18 yr olds can solve differential equations. Also, Feds policing speech on campuses is Orwellian."

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[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I don’t question that many of them are quite smart, I question their lack of morals.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

many of them are white smart

Tf is 'white smart'?

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

A typo/autocorrect of quite smart

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Oh ok I thought this was some new slang on them interwebz

[–] fritobugger2017@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

let's make it one. White Smart: the lower bar that white men have to get over to be considered smart compared to non-whites and women.

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

See also: entwhitetled, white privileged, or nepotism.

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago

Thank goodness no, I’m just awful at typing on my phone