Dr Zuleyka Zevallos

WTF even is "viewpoint diversity"? "All views should be considered equally, even stupid ones"?

No, just the idea that a small subgroup of the people in a debate shouldn't decide what viewpoints are and aren't part of the discourse

I haven't wanted to engage with this for a reason - in his meaning, it's fringe idea serving racism and xenophobia. Plus he is trolling

The concept's been used in many ways, such as media ownership. But in academia there's a move to use this to discredit affirmative action

I suspected this was the case, especially with his follow-ups.

Yes it's troubling. People who sprout this term also support idea that there should be quotas for political affiliations amongst faculty.

The last college where I taught had an entire economics department dominated by disciples of Ayn Rand. They ran the ethics program too.