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DEI Proponents Should Not Celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Newsweek ^ | 12 Jan, 2023 | OPINION DEI Proponents Should Not Celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day | Opinion CHRISTIAN WATSON ,

Posted on 01/15/2023 10:48:36 AM PST by MtnClimber

Americans established Martin Luther King, Jr. Day to celebrate the man and his righteous quest for all Americans to have equal justice under the law. MLK Day reminds us that anyone can succeed in America if they have hope and resolve. The day also commemorates the beauty of King's vision of Americans living together in harmony.

But the woke activists now pushing "diversity, equity, and inclusion" (DEI) initiatives across the country effectively reach the opposite of every positive belief King held. From encouraging riots to abandoning the vision of a color-blind America, today's woke activists have no legitimate right to act as champions of King's legacy.

Diversity activists today do not want a color-blind America. In fact, they want to stoke racial divisions by embracing the Jim Crow tradition of race-based discrimination.

As King wisely noted, "That old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing."

But DEI proponents claim the route to "equity"—a term they have used to supplant genuine equality—requires affirmative racial discrimination in reverse. It is not enough to provide equal opportunity for all Americans; corporations, universities, and other organizations must prioritize race, even if they do so to the detriment of everything else.

At its foundation, DEI does not support the notion that all men are created equal.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: marxism

1 posted on 01/15/2023 10:48:36 AM PST by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

I would call it the “Religion of DIE”. A surprising article for Newsweek!


2 posted on 01/15/2023 10:48:59 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

Newsweek?
Just a few weeks ago, I am pretty sure that Newsweek was saying how great seperate ceremonies and housing was good for black students.
Now I do not know if Jim Crow is good or bad.
Color me cornfused


3 posted on 01/15/2023 11:13:13 AM PST by Tupelo (A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand)
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To: MtnClimber

“A surprising article for Newsweek!”

yes, they’ve run some good pieces lately. Maybe they are trying to actually be “balanced”.


4 posted on 01/15/2023 11:17:16 AM PST by jocon307 (Democrats delenda est.)
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To: jocon307

Or maybe they got tired of hemorrhaging readers....”Go woke, go broke” may finally be having the desired effect.


5 posted on 01/15/2023 11:38:40 AM PST by SharpenedEdge (Stockpile. Prepare. Arm. Train. A Storm is coming.)
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To: MtnClimber

Reverse racism is old. It started officially decades ago with Affirmative Action, which is blatant racism against whites.


6 posted on 01/15/2023 11:43:23 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (The only way to se acure your own future is to create it yourself. 111 is the key.)
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To: MtnClimber

“Opinion”


7 posted on 01/15/2023 12:47:55 PM PST by TexasGator (!!!)
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To: MtnClimber

What?

A truly accurate opinion from Newsweek?


8 posted on 01/15/2023 3:14:05 PM PST by Albion Wilde ("There is no good government at all & none possible."--Mark Twain)
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To: MtnClimber

Newsweak?


9 posted on 01/15/2023 8:43:47 PM PST by mcenedo (lying liberal media, our most dangerous and powerful enemy)
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