🚨ANNOUNCEMENT: I’ve taken legal action against Cornell University for racial discrimination. Represented by @A1Policy, I’ve filed an EEOC complaint after leaked internal emails revealed Cornell secretly ran a faculty search in my exact field (evolutionary biology) specifically to make a “diversity hire.” The committee privately reached out to pre-selected "diverse" candidates, one at a time, to bypass open competition. Qualified white applicants like myself were excluded from even applying. This is a direct and egregious violation of my civil rights under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. Imagine if the races were reversed: - A secret search designed to hire only white candidates - Qualified Black applicants deliberately excluded - Internal emails spelling it all out It would be a national scandal. That’s exactly what happened—except I’m white. I spent 12+ years building my career. None of that mattered because of my skin color. This isn’t just about me. Race-based hiring erodes trust in science, undermines excellence, and has demoralized a generation of qualified scholars. This must end. Let my case serve as a warning that there is a price for violating civil rights. Read my full announcement in the @WSJ: 🔗