 Ilya Shapiro of the Manhattan Institute scoffs at the suggestion that there is systemic racism. In terms of racial discrimination, I just, I don't see evidence of it. Shapiro notes two exceptions, especially in higher education. I do see great evidence of discrimination against Asian American applicants and white applicants. Sociologist Joan Donovan, an assistant professor of journalism and an expert on disinformation at Boston University, says opposition to DEI and race studies