The social commentary on the demise of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs across the country is so dramatic and hyperbolic you’d think it was written by Tyler Perry. It also proves that many people are just as vulnerable to racial propaganda as they were four years ago. At the time, everyone from politicians to pastors bought into the lie that Marxist, anti-God, anti-family, anti-capitalist, pro-abortion groups were fighting for racial uplift.
why?
Black progressives who are making a fuss about the death of DEI are either misinformed or spreading disinformation.
Because progressives look completely powerless in the face of clever slogans and three-letter acronyms. Those fooled by “Black Lives Matter” prove that they have developed no natural immunity to the racial manipulation that has become the left’s specialty.The latest controversy involves the University of Florida. decision Eliminate all DEI programs to comply with state regulations. Emmitt Smith, the best rusher in NFL history, has been released. statement criticizes the move. Smith played at the University of Florida and later starred as a running back for the Dallas Cowboys.
I’m not surprised that he sees the death of DEI as an attack on racial equality. Athletes get their information from the same sources as the average American, so anyone who watches CNN, MSNBC, or ESPN is likely to receive and repeat progressive interpretations of these issues. Become.
The bigger problem is that the social commentators who control the flow of information and shape public opinion are as ignorant as the athletes.Stephen A. Smith talked I talked about this issue and the connections between DEI and affirmative action, Jim Crow laws, slavery, and voting rights.
Roland Martin and social commentator Lawrence Ross was suggested Black athletes should leave schools that eliminate DEI programs.Ross went that far. To tell The University of Florida doesn’t see black athletes as human beings.
Like all college students, I believe athletes should go to a school that meets their needs. No school is entitled to a five-star running back or an all-state small forward. But young black men shouldn’t have to make those decisions. This is because men who are old enough to become fathers have little information and are easily frightened.
The truth is, DEI programs are about ideological conformity, and that is the left’s definition of “diversity.” But there is nothing “diversity” about people who look different being forced to believe the same thing. That doesn’t stop progressives from trying.
Associate Dean for DEI, Stanford Law School supported Last summer, students heckled and harassed a judge appointed by President Trump. The university official, Tillian Steinbach, did not affirm Judge Stuart Kyle Duncan’s promise to hear diverse opinions when the trial was adjourned. Instead, she pointed fingers at the audience, saying his speaking behavior was “tearing apart the fabric of the community” and that his past judgments were an “absolute disenfranchisement” of students’ rights. I heard a ringing sound.
Princeton Diversity office It includes several positions that focus on sexual orientation and gender identity, as well as several people with the pronoun “they.” I can’t imagine someone who believes there are only two genders to feel welcome on campus.
Former DEI director at Johns Hopkins Hospital sends New Year’s greetings message In January, a list of “privileged” identity groups was published, including white people, straight people, “cisgender” people and Christians. Progressives think this kind of rhetoric is perfectly normal, but how many lives are saved in a hospital simply because the doctor believes being white is a privilege? I don’t know.
A large part of the DEI administrator’s job is to “protect” students from ideas they don’t want to hear and to ensure that progressive tenets are always followed.
Another problem with DEI initiatives is how quickly they turn into something large. Expensive Bureaucracy. A report released earlier this year found that the University of Michigan employs 241 of its DEI staff at an annual cost of $30 million. In addition to cost, it is important to note the decentralized nature of DEI programs.This is Michigan of plants The Garden and Arboretum has a DEI strategic plan.
Black progressives who are making such a fuss about the death of DEI are either misinformed or spreading disinformation, a repeat of what they did over BLM.
In this case, a group of LGBT activists used the death of a black man at the hands of police to promote themselves as a 21st century racial justice organization.But the truth is that none of BLM’s 13 principles principle Mention the words “police,” “violence,” “brutality,” or “black people.”
This is why, in some ways, DEI should be understood as the second coming of BLM.
What this organization actually talked about at length was its sexual politics. This is why the co-founders proudly proclaim themselves to be “queer-affirming” and “trans-affirming.”
The co-founders went even further when it came to family. Their “black village” principle begins with a commitment to dismantling the nuclear family. Despite the BLM co-founders’ many media appearances in 2020, one progressive journalist asked them why an organization that advocates for Black people opposes traditional family structure. There wasn’t even one.
This organization continued to promote its radical and self-destructive ideas until people learned that even Marxists liked to host it. party In a million dollar mansion.
The fabricated controversy over the death of DEI shows that those who control the creation, collection, and dissemination of information are becoming increasingly partisan and ideological. They have transformed from experts to know-nothings, making them more effective political agents but far less capable of informing the public.
Hard-core leftists are far more insidious than the journalists, pundits, and athletes they use to spread their message. Ideologues know how to string words together and construct phrases in ways that are unthinkable to most people.
Black students need not fear the elimination of these programs. A key reason the DEI bubble is bursting is that these programs have little value other than to help protect companies from accusations of racism, sexism, homophobia, and transphobia. More and more people are realizing that a large part of her DEI administrator’s job on college campuses is to “protect” students from ideas they don’t want to hear and to ensure that progressive tenets are always adhered to. I’m starting to notice.
Universities have become expensive treatment centers for the nation’s wealthiest young people. Black students do not need to experience even more anxiety and fear on college campuses. The old men of social media have enough going for everyone.
