NYT Columnist David French on Monoculture (REVIEW ESSAY)
Op-ed columnist David French discusses diversity, equity, and inclusion (D.E.I.) in his op-ed column titled "I Don't Want to Live in a Monoculture, and Neither Do You" in The New York Times (dated October 20, 2024). In it, he argues that monoculture is not good for the soul. I agree. However, in the present essay, I want to reflect back in time to when my late friend Theodore L. Gross was subjected to the academic monoculture.