Posted on 12/26/2024 12:08:45 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
It has become deeply embedded in American culture, requiring a herculean effort by Donald Trump to reverse.
It is the most malignant foundation of progressive ideology. Elon Musk, among others, calls it a “mind virus.” And it appears the American people who were bullied into accepting it have finally had enough. It is the gospel of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), which was given birth by Barack Obama and then overwhelmed the country with remarkable ease and haste following the George Floyd affair in 2020 when liberals and conservatives alike were riven with anger.
The rise of DEI was, in many senses, a mirror image of the aftermath of 9/11, when leftists not given to performative patriotism joined conservatives in rallying around the flag. In both cases, the grieving and healing in the immediate aftermath of these nation-altering events eventually gave way to greater division than we have witnessed since the 1960s. Both sides ultimately returned to their respective corners, more militant than ever in their newfound overarching philosophies.
Like the broad disapproval of foreign entanglements that heightened over the second term of President George W. Bush and led to the rise of Barack Obama in 2008, a reckoning for DEI was undoubtedly delivered by voters in the 2024 election. But just as conservatives who supported wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the formation of the behemoth Department of Homeland Security following 9/11, progressives who have succeeded in welding DEI to major institutions and the culture at large will not just roll over and go quietly into the night, no matter how toxic, divisive, and unpopular their identity politics has proven to be. As any craftsman will tell you, prying apart items welded together is possible but extremely difficult.
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Can this end identity politics?
Is this the end of DEI?
It should e very painful, no SSRI’s and furry teddy bears or safe spaces. Scream racist in a vacuum.
Affirmative Action needs to be killed, and in a broad sense too. Federal contracts preferentially go to “black owned businesses” or “women owned businesses” and most corporations try to kow-tow to homosexuals and trans activists, and universities are afraid to stand up to groups which claim to promote the interests of blacks or Palestinians. It all needs to end. Preferably with a sweeping court decision. People are people. US citizens have rights. Full stop. End of story. No one is special.
Death to DEI!
The Woke Reign of Terror is over.
They will rebrand it, it’s what Dems do.
When I go for federal contracts I tell them that I identify as both female and black. How can they turn me down?
It can’t die painfully enough for me.
DEI nitwits are so destructive to civil society everywhere. DIE DEI!
Promotion and achievement should be based on merit only. Various groups such as Asians and Indians prove that DEI is not necessary.
“The rise of DEI was, in many senses, a mirror image of the aftermath of 9/11”
AND the endless mantra of “Islam is the religion of peace.” Inviting millions upon millions of violent turd world Muslims in the formerly Christian lands.
They always find another name for the same thing. It’s just Marxist/communist ideas.
You can never ‘lift everyone up’ to have the same standard of living. You can ONLY ‘drag everyone down’ to the same standard of living.
I had one company where all the DEI trainings made any white male feel harassed! All in the name of ‘inclusion’. Clearly, the white man was the problem. The biggest irony is that HR departments are almost all women!! Clearly, ‘inclusion’ only goes so far.
Business and the general public check.
US government agency will need a crowbar, duck tape and an explosives to reomve it. Orkin could not get rid of the taint.
There’s plenty of DEI departments being closed. I think this election was also a bell weather choice against it. I’m making sure leftists understand that woke is now dead, including DEI.
I think we hit ‘peak woke’ a couple of years ago, the whole ‘trans’ thing has gone too far and the normal population rejected it. The sentiment coming too late for the Olympics planning, decided years ago, resulting in a woke sh*t show that was now out of place.
“They will rebrand it, it’s what Dems do.”
Quotas, affirmative action, DEI. It isn’t dead, they are just being quiet.
It’s not deeply embedded into culture. People were just bullied into outward submission. Give them half a chance and they will let the world know what they really think.
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