There was no shortage of liberal disorientation about the Nobel Prize recipients this week.
Several liberal writers and celebrities correctly pointed out Monday that all of America’s Nobel Prizes in science were won by immigrants.
The Huffington Post saw this as a rebuke of Republican nominee Donald Trump’s contentious immigration proposal, which calls for the construction of a wall on the Mexico-U.S. border. (RELATED: Clinton Campaign Hates On Trump’s ‘Angry White Guy’ Backers)
“Donald Trump has spent an inordinate amount of time this election claiming the only people that immigrate to the United States are the ones ‘that have lots of problems.’ If only he were talking about brilliant scientists, toiling away at some of the world’s most intractable issues, he might actually have a point. This year, every American who won a Nobel prize in a scientific field was an immigrant,” the publication wrote in an article titled “All Of America’s Science Nobel Prizes This Year Were Won By Immigrants.”
The post was captioned “Trump, take note.”
The official White House Twitter account also lauded the winners, mentioning that every American who won a Nobel Prize in science was an immigrant.
“We’re the nation that just had six of our scientists and researchers win Nobel Prizes—and every one of them was an immigrant.” —@POTUS
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) October 13, 2016
These Nobel Prize winners, however, would be unaffected by what Trump has proposed. Of the six men, all of them are immigrants from Europe. Five were born in England, and one was born in Finland.
Then came the next observation that created serious upset — all of the winners are male. This sparked outrage and demands for affirmative action.
Bustle ran an article entitled, “No 2016 Nobel Prizes Went To Women — And That’s Total Bullsh*t.” The piece then told the Nobel committee to take “a long hard look at themselves” and promoted the need to“work to equalize Nobel awards.”
They weren’t the only feminists incensed:
Newsflash @NobelPrize – it’s 2016. When every single one of your laureates this year is a man, what kind of message are you sending? Shame!
— Mona Eltahawy (@monaeltahawy) October 13, 2016
Total Nobel Prizes:
Men — 822
Women — 48This stat, alone, speaks to gender inequality and access.#NobelPrize #BobDylan
— Charles Clymer (@cmclymer) October 13, 2016
Zero women, ZERO women won a #NobelPrize this year. What was that you say? Feminism is no longer needed?
Ugh, such a disgrace in 2016!— Veronika Schuchter (@VeronikaUK) October 13, 2016
So. In 2016, the #NobelPrize got awarded exclusively to men over 65 and their view of the world. How very inspiring.
— Anna-Lena Scholz (@doc_scholz) October 13, 2016
Nobel Prize 2016 diversity count: 11/11 men, 9/11 white. Just thought I should point this out.
— Sarah Zielinski (@SarahZielinski) October 13, 2016
The final contention came when artist Bob Dylan won the coveted award. Dylan, usually beloved by older liberals for his hippie street cred, is controversial today because he was included in a mostly white male class of Nobel Prize recipients. Author Suki Kim tweeted,
It’s unbelievable that Songwriting from the US considered more Literature than any of the lifelong works of non-western novelists & poets
— Suki Kim (@sukisworld) October 13, 2016
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