It does not promote incompetence, and it does not keep white men unemployed.
DEI:
Diversity, equity, and inclusion (often abbreviated DEI) refers to the practice of companies crafting policies to be supportive of different groups of individuals, including different races, ethnicities, religions, abilities, genders, and sexual orientations.[2] These policies are an outgrowth of previous similar policies such as affirmative action, and were spurred by the murder of George Floyd in 2020.[3] However, in the mid-2020s, there was a coordinated backlash against DEI from "conservative" reactionaries.
According to a New York Times investigation in January 2024, the center of the coordinated effort to push anti-DEI propaganda came from the Claremont Institute,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png a once-small Reagan-esque think tank that became authoritarian and illiberal during the presidency of Donald Trump.[5][6] As one would expect, many of the activists involved in crafting the propaganda (such as Heather Mac Donald) were openly homophobic and racist in their private conversations discussing their propaganda strategies.[5]
The evidence for manufactroversy is confirmed by Trump's own behavior. During his first administration, the policies of diversity hiring from previous administrations were left intact, even within the Federal Aviation Administration, which he baselessly blamed for an air crash during his second administration on DEI.[7]
Like critical race theory, a key underpinning of the manufactroversy was to attack public education and other "liberal" higher education institutions.[5][note 1] Also like critical race theory, efforts to eliminate DEI programs are rooted in racism.[8]
Similar to the term "woke", in practice, when reactionaries use the term "DEI", they often ignore much of the original aspect of DEI being a business strategy. Instead, the term is often merely a snarl word dogwhistle used to derisively refer to minority groups and/or women, especially those working in a professional capacity.[10][11] In many cases (Lee Atwater style), as with the case of Baltimore Mayor Scott below, the term "DEI" is merely a thinly-veiled substitution for nasty racial slurs.[12]
"DEI" is also a convenient scapegoat for reactionaries. Whenever any disaster occurs, no matter how bizarre the logic, it's very likely that some reactionary media pundit or social media account will be screeching about how it's all DEI's fault.[13]
DEI:
Diversity, equity, and inclusion (often abbreviated DEI) refers to the practice of companies crafting policies to be supportive of different groups of individuals, including different races, ethnicities, religions, abilities, genders, and sexual orientations.[2] These policies are an outgrowth of previous similar policies such as affirmative action, and were spurred by the murder of George Floyd in 2020.[3] However, in the mid-2020s, there was a coordinated backlash against DEI from "conservative" reactionaries.
Manufactroversy background[edit]
The anti-DEI manufactroversy is an outgrowth of the similar manufactroversy of critical race theory, and many "anti-DEI" activists (such as Christopher Rufo of the Manhattan Institute) were likewise involved in the previous manufactured outrage cycle.[4]According to a New York Times investigation in January 2024, the center of the coordinated effort to push anti-DEI propaganda came from the Claremont Institute,https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png a once-small Reagan-esque think tank that became authoritarian and illiberal during the presidency of Donald Trump.[5][6] As one would expect, many of the activists involved in crafting the propaganda (such as Heather Mac Donald) were openly homophobic and racist in their private conversations discussing their propaganda strategies.[5]
The evidence for manufactroversy is confirmed by Trump's own behavior. During his first administration, the policies of diversity hiring from previous administrations were left intact, even within the Federal Aviation Administration, which he baselessly blamed for an air crash during his second administration on DEI.[7]
Like critical race theory, a key underpinning of the manufactroversy was to attack public education and other "liberal" higher education institutions.[5][note 1] Also like critical race theory, efforts to eliminate DEI programs are rooted in racism.[8]
DEI as a snarl word[edit]
Similar to the term "woke", in practice, when reactionaries use the term "DEI", they often ignore much of the original aspect of DEI being a business strategy. Instead, the term is often merely a snarl word dogwhistle used to derisively refer to minority groups and/or women, especially those working in a professional capacity.[10][11] In many cases (Lee Atwater style), as with the case of Baltimore Mayor Scott below, the term "DEI" is merely a thinly-veiled substitution for nasty racial slurs.[12]
"DEI" is also a convenient scapegoat for reactionaries. Whenever any disaster occurs, no matter how bizarre the logic, it's very likely that some reactionary media pundit or social media account will be screeching about how it's all DEI's fault.[13]
No, DEI cannot be blamed for "horrific recruiting for our military."
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