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A new study from the Network Infection Research Institute (NCRI) and Rutgers University reveals that some diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) training methods can cause psychological harm.
The study, released Monday, showed a significant increase in hostile and punitive attitudes among participants exposed to DEI pedagogy that targeted subjects such as race, religion, and caste. are.
Over the long term, this hostile attribution bias may contribute to increased intergroup hostility and authoritarian behavior, said study co-author and NCRI Chief Scientific Officer Joel Finkelstein. That's what it means.
“What we've done is we've taken a lot of the ideas that we found are still very prominent in a lot of DEI lectures and interventions and training,” Finkelstein said in an interview on Fox News Digital. spoke. “And we said, 'So what effect does this have on people?' What we found is that when people are exposed to this ideology, what happens is , becoming hostile without any indication that anything racist was happening.”
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The NCRI study shows perceptions of racial bias among people exposed to anti-racist educational materials like Kendi and DeAngelo and a control group. (Courtesy of National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Rutgers University)
According to a 2023 study by Pew Research Center, 52% of American workers have DEI training events or conferences at work, and Harvard Kennedy School professor Iris Bohnett says that 52% of American workers engage in such programs annually. It is estimated that $8 billion has been spent.
Although DEI programs have become a major area of investment in recent years, their actual effectiveness remains a subject of debate, with NCRI research suggesting they may exacerbate rather than alleviate tensions. There is. The study measured “explicit bias, social distance, demonization, and authoritarian tendencies” using both DEI and control materials.
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Their research included sharing anti-racism DEI materials with participants from thought leaders such as Ibram X. Kendi and White Fragility author Robin DiAngelo. Specifically, NCRI focused on materials that emphasize awareness of and opposition to “systemic oppression,” popularized by documents such as Kendi's How to Be an Antiracist.
Author Robin DiAngelo during an interview on June 17, 2020. (NBC/NBCU Photobank, Getty Images)
The study found that people exposed to anti-racist content were associated with increased awareness of racial bias. Participants were also more likely to support punitive measures against perceived perpetrators of so-called “microaggressions,” even in the absence of evidence.
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“And what happens when people are exposed to anti-racist content in ideology is that they seem to be more likely to punish if there is evidence of wrongdoing.” said Finkelstein. “That includes people protesting, demanding dismissals, demanding public apologies, and accommodating people asking for relocation. In some cases, these punitive measures are costing people their jobs.”
The NCRI study shows perceptions of racial bias among people exposed to anti-racist educational materials like Kendi and DeAngelo and a control group. (Courtesy of National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Rutgers University)
According to NCRI research, the psychological toll of DEI programming extends beyond race and into religious identities. The study found that anti-Islamophobia training led participants to detect prejudice against Muslims in neutral scenarios.
NCRI is the Institute for Social Policy Understanding (ISPU), which “provides objective research and education about Muslims in America to support informed dialogue and decision-making,” according to the institute's website. ) materials were used.
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These results suggest that anti-Islamophobia training inspired by ISPU materials may lead individuals to assume unfair treatment of Muslims, even in the absence of evidence of bias or unfairness. I'm doing it. This impact highlights a broader issue. DEI narratives that focus on victimization and systemic oppression can foster unwarranted distrust and suspicion of institutions and alter subjective evaluations of events.
NCRI findings demonstrate perceptions of ethnic bias among those exposed to anti-Islamophobic educational materials and contrast essays in criminal justice. (Courtesy of National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Rutgers University)
One of Finkelstein's key takeaways from the NCRI study is that authoritarianism, which stems from hostile attribution bias, looks different in the 21st century.
According to Finkelstein, those who are likely to harbor hostility are “those in the upper echelons of so-called left-wing authoritarianism. This is a phenomenon that is steadily occurring now. We, the people, are We've been studying right-wing authoritarianism since World War II. It's really just that.'' In the last 10 or 15 years, people have started saying, “Wait a minute, this is also on the left.''
The study found that in all groups, instead of DEI materials reducing bias, they induced hostility attribution bias and amplified prejudicial hostility perceptions when none were present.
Hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman's office in New York City, January 4, 2024, in protest of his campaign for diversity, equity, and inclusion and his attack on former Harvard University president Claudine Gay. People marching outside. (Reuters/Shannon Stapleton)
“They're bad ideas because they're hurting people. And it's clear from the research that they seem to be much more prevalent, shockingly public, and that these harms are very It could be far-reaching,” Finkelstein said. “So I think this study gives us reason to believe that, and it suggests that we need to focus on this data and that we need more data like it. [But we can] Start evaluating what's going on here. I don't think this is a matter of speech. I certainly think it's about people's civil rights. ”
Congressman DeAngelo did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
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Asked for comment, Kendi slammed both Fox News and the study, calling it “pseudoscience.”
“It's no surprise that Fox News would broadcast this pseudoscience that has not been peer-reviewed, misrepresents my research, and is based on anchoring bias,” Kendi said. “This so-called study, along with other attempts to bring scientific legitimacy to racist propaganda that was anti-slavery and civil rights at the time, and that DEI and anti-racism are harmful now, is a pseudo-science It will be placed in a historic landfill.
FOX News' Bradford Betts contributed to this report.
