A much more recent piece on the same subject came out yesterday: https://thehill.com/opinion/education/480603-what-is-uc-davi...

In the middle they link to Berkeley's report on one hiring cycle in the life sciences. In particular it turns out that the first cut, leaving only 24% of candidates, was done solely on the basis of diversity statements. You can see in the tables how some inversions in the demographics of the applicant pool occur from the initial to final rounds, e.g., white applicants made up 54% of a pool, then 48% of a longlist, then 13% of a shortlist.

I know affirmative action for university admissions and employment is illegal--is this a "technically" legal way to get around that?

There will always be some moral precepts held by a large number of society or subsets thereof that mean that some types of employment will not be available to those people who do not hold to those precepts.

But it sure sucks when you're one of the people not holding to the precepts.

Then again, maybe it sucks more hearing people whine about how they can't get the job they want even though they believe different than the dominant ideology of the place they want to be employed at, I mean the bank I'm currently at doesn't have a lot of anarcho-socialists (even being in Denmark) but there's not a lot of pamphleteers outside wanting in.

Requirements to become a professor of Mathematics at Cedarville University include:

• Commitment to biblical integration of faith and science in and out of the classroom

• Qualified applicant must be a born-again Christian

• Qualified applicant must agree with and be willing to abide by Cedarville University's Doctrinal Statement, Community Covenant, and General Work Place Standards.

Here's the job posting: https://www.cedarville.edu/Job-Openings.aspx