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Want diversity? Start with professional sports.
Americanthinker.com ^ | 5/14/25 | Brian Joondeph

Posted on 05/14/2025 12:53:53 PM PDT by Midwesterner53

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) are the new buzzwords of the day, expressing our modern woke culture and society.

But for the next four years, DEI will DIE, but perhaps resurrect under a future Democrat administration.

DEI has "DIEd" since President Donald Trump has “shut down all DEI offices across the federal government.”

He accomplished this just hours after his inauguration by signing an executive order to eliminate these programs.

DEI should stand for “divisive, exclusionary, and intrusive.”

What does the woke American Psychological Association say about DEI? They are out of step with popular culture for using the term EDI rather than DEI.

Equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) is a conceptual framework that promotes the fair treatment and full participation of all people, especially populations that have historically been underrepresented or subject to discrimination because of their background, identity, disability, etc.

I prefer the acronym DIE because DEI policies could potentially place the wrong people in the wrong jobs, based on demographics and external factors rather than on merit and competence.

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Great article that even dug out the percentage of the races in each major sport and asks when are they going to observe DEI? Some of the sports like the NFL and NBA are far out of the norm to the American population while others are much closer. Great article.
1 posted on 05/14/2025 12:53:53 PM PDT by Midwesterner53
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To: Midwesterner53
Want diversity?

NO! I want FREEDOM!!!

2 posted on 05/14/2025 12:55:57 PM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: Midwesterner53

Diversity in Professional Basketball! 🤣🤣🤣


3 posted on 05/14/2025 12:56:18 PM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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NBA and NHL to have equal numbers of black and white players or the percentage to match the racial demographics of the surrounding areas? Like the DEI quotas and investigations for compliance in corporations.


4 posted on 05/14/2025 12:56:46 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: Midwesterner53

I remember when they complained that they allowed ONE white player on the US Olympic Men’s basketball team.


5 posted on 05/14/2025 12:56:58 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Jim W N

Amen.


6 posted on 05/14/2025 12:57:34 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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I've said this for years. This country is 70% White. There are 64 starting Cornerback jobs in the NFL. In order to "look like America"....in order to be truly representative, 44.8 (round up to 45) starting NFL Cornerbacks should be White guys. There needs to be a rule passed by the NFL that 45 starting Cornerbacks MUST be White guys.

and it doesn't matter if they can't cover anybody. We'll just call it racist for noticing.

Oh, and we'll demand an equal percentage of starting White wide receivers so those White Cornerbacks CAN cover somebody.

I need to see people who look like me when I see an NFL game.

P.S. Just wait til I get to talking about the NBA.

7 posted on 05/14/2025 1:02:14 PM PDT by FLT-bird
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I think the last white NFL wide receiver I can recall is Roger Carr.


8 posted on 05/14/2025 1:03:49 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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LOL, there’ve been a few since then, but not a lot (Welker, Largent, McCaffrey, etc)


9 posted on 05/14/2025 1:09:45 PM PDT by mykroar ("It's Not the Nature of the Evidence; It's the Seriousness of the Charge." - El Rushbo)
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I think the last white NFL wide receiver I can recall is Roger Carr

Well, Dwight Clarke did okay as a receiver

Edelman comes to mind also.

10 posted on 05/14/2025 1:10:01 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try)
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But Carr was as fast as any black WR.


11 posted on 05/14/2025 1:10:53 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Sports is where the hardest working and most talented rise to the top of these professions. I appreciate that. I also appreciate that there are no trans women in the NFL, NBA, MLB. /s


12 posted on 05/14/2025 1:12:27 PM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: dfwgator

ahem.....Ricky Pearsall....


13 posted on 05/14/2025 1:13:54 PM PDT by FLT-bird
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I identify as a 7’4” White Roman Catholic, who can float like a butterfly and sting like a bee.

Show me the money!

If necessary, I can edit my CV to caucASIAN.


14 posted on 05/14/2025 1:15:27 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try)
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He’s got good hands, but he doesn’t come across as a very fast receiver.


15 posted on 05/14/2025 1:15:27 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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I want diversity. I can play football. They accomodate walkers, or should. I can tackle, especially with my walker in front.

NFL.....take a knee for me ; I can’t get down that far.


16 posted on 05/14/2025 1:18:08 PM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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Cooper Kupp wasn’t bad either.


17 posted on 05/14/2025 1:18:40 PM PDT by deweyfrank (Nobody's Perfect )
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To: dfwgator

Cooper Kupp. There are some....just nowhere near a “representative” share which would be 70% in this country.


18 posted on 05/14/2025 1:19:16 PM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: Midwesterner53
DEI should stand for “divisive, exclusionary, and intrusive.”

I like that a lot. My own personal translation, which I came up with last year, overlaps his by a full 66.6 percent--to reflect the everyday reality of today's corporate workforce:

DEI = Divisive, Exclusionary, and INCOMPETENT.

19 posted on 05/14/2025 1:19:17 PM PDT by SamuraiScot
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20 posted on 05/14/2025 1:29:17 PM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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