Diversity is heralded by institutions as one indicator of their excellence. In a recent ranking of Ivy League colleges by The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education, Columbia University rose to the top, in part because it ranked high on “environment” — measured by the racial and ethnic diversity of faculty and students as well as the number of international students enrolled. Recognizing the value of diversity, Yale and Brown announced ambitious plans to increase faculty and student diversity, with commitments from their respective administrations of $50 and $100 million. While diversity is a core component of institutional excellence, promoting diversity, seeing it, and even the mere mention of it can generate a backlash — or what CNN commentator Van Jones aptly dubbed a “whitelash” to characterize the support that Trump received from White voters to propel him to the presidency.

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