Microbiologist and science writer Alex Berezow reflects:
Postmodernism. Though nobody can actually define postmodernism, it is characterized by a rejection of objective truth. This toxic ideology is rampant in academia and gaining popularity in the broader culture. Its most nefarious manifestation is Critical Theory, which derives from Marxism and posits that society is nothing but a hierarchy of oppressors and the oppressed. Out of this nonsense comes the absurd belief that the scientific method and even knowledge itself are tools of the white patriarchy.
Does this all sound too ridiculous to be real? Alas, it is. Until it received a public backlash, the Smithsonian published a web page claiming that an “emphasis on the scientific method” and a focus on “objective, rational linear thinking” are examples of “white culture.” Investigations into the biological differences between men and women (of which there are many) are deemed sexist. Information of any kind that offends the listener is labeled “fake news.” In reality, a nation that can no longer tell the difference between truth and lies may be facing societal decline.
Alex Berezow, “The Slow Suicide Of American Science” at American Council on Science and Health
We’d like to see him get started on the war on math. and the war on science. All real, all Woke, all the time.
See also: Alex Berezow at American Council on Science and Health on Scientific American Going Woke. Note: Berezow seems to think that Scientific American is losing readers. A very recent attempted rah rah at Poynter is ambiguously worded.