B-Man Posted January 22 Posted January 22 Andy Kessler: Pop Goes the DEI Bubble. Have we reached peak DEI? The unraveling of “diversity, equity and inclusion” initiatives had already begun—five states banning DEI programs; Google, Facebook and others cutting DEI staff; Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard—well before Harvard President Claudine Gay was demoted. Author Christopher Rufo, echoing 1960s student activists, called the rise of DEI a “long march through the institutions”—a 50-plus-year ideology infiltration into universities, K-12 schools, government, media and corporations with the goal of telling us all how to live. That’s why I enjoy that the word “rot” is back in style to describe what is happening inside the walls of academia. Like everything based on the writings of Karl Marx—seeing oppressors and colonial struggles everywhere—DEI was doomed to fail. The uniformity of thought known as intersectionality, fostered by DEI, meant all oppressed people must support all others who are oppressed. But that idea burst on Oct. 7 when Hamas raped, murdered and kidnapped Israelis. Many liberals, especially Jewish ones, couldn’t support genocidal “colonized” terrorists. Pop! The long march is in retreat. By the way, ESG, or investing based on “environmental, social and governance” principles, peaked last June, when BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said he would stop using “the word ESG anymore, because it’s been entirely weaponized.” Never mind that performance of ESG funds has been sketchy and that BlackRock had been adding the label “sustainable” or “ESG” to funds and charging up to five times as much. Then a study published in December by Boston University’s Andrew King found “no reliable evidence for the proposed link between sustainability and financial performance.” Pop! Most offensive to me was DEI’s devious underlying agenda: societal design. Blinded by fanatical devotion, activists were pawns for the cause of reshaping the world into a collective utopia to be run, of course, by progressive, self-identifying elites. That was the “my truth” that Ms. Gay invoked on her exit. Critical theories and Marxist techniques would take power from you and me, using big government as the enforcer. The new societal design, embedded in DEI and ESG, envisioned idyllic communal progress. History shows this never works because power corrupts. Diversity meant ideological conformity. Equity meant discrimination. Inclusion meant blurring the sexes. Men winning women’s athletic events would be considered normal. It was all theatrics, like the tampons I’ve seen in men’s bathrooms on Ivy League campuses. Somewhere George Orwell is rolling on the floor laughing. One goal of progressive societal design is to shrink—depopulation. Twenty-somethings now question having children. Net zero and degrowth, both World Economic Forum approved, are pushed via energy myths: carbon bad, cows bad. A plant-based chicken in every pot and two electric cars in every garage. They envy the merit-touting rich, shout “inequality” and wear “Tax the Rich” dresses. They tear down statues to erase history. How did we let this happen? https://www.wsj.com/articles/pop-goes-the-dei-bubble-affirmative-action-claudine-gay-harvard-esg-blackrock-39c77d13? You get what you tolerate. Don’t tolerate this. 1
BillsFanNC Posted January 26 Posted January 26 Can you find common ground and unite on any issue with people like this? People who want young men sharing bathrooms with your young daughters? Not me. Not ever. 1 1
BillStime Posted January 26 Posted January 26 These biches are still crying about DEI. F'n pathetic simps. 1
Tommy Callahan Posted January 26 Posted January 26 Read MLK and it explains why dei is wrong. It's the racist system the trolls keep asking for proof of. 1
BillsFanNC Posted January 26 Posted January 26 Equality is promising equal OPPORTUNITY. Equity is promising equal OUTCOMES. The first is a bedrock principle of free societies. The second is a bedrock principle of Marxism. It's easy for most people to see the difference. For useful idiots? Its impossible.
BillStime Posted January 26 Posted January 26 2 minutes ago, Tommy Callahan said: Read MLK and it explains why dei is wrong. It's the racist system the trolls keep asking for proof of. How Martin Luther King Would Respond To Today’s Attacks On DEI Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would be repulsed by the recent politicized attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion. The frequency and dishonesty with which DEI obstructionists misquote him would surely frustrate King. It would become instantly apparent to anyone who takes time to read King’s papers, sermons, and speeches (dozens of which are published in the book, A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King Jr.) that he was a staunch proponent of race-salient remedies for racial injustice. He would insist on more, not less emphasis on structural and systemic corrections to these persistent and pervasive problems that disproportionately manufacture negative outcomes for Black Americans. Hey @Tommy Callahan - this section is for YOU: One of the biggest, most destructive lies about DEI is that it is divisive. People who hated King and wished him dead told the same lie about his crusade for racial and economic justice. 2 minutes ago, BillsFanNC said: Equality is promising equal OPPORTUNITY. Equity is promising equal OUTCOMES. The first is a bedrock principle of free societies. The second is a bedrock principle of Marxism. It's easy for most people to see the difference. For useful idiots? Its impossible. MaRxIsM These idiots will hide their racism behind ANYTHING. 1
Tommy Callahan Posted January 26 Posted January 26 If your a commy, your a commy But I'm just going with adult that lives with parents and just trolls for attention. 1
Tommy Callahan Posted January 29 Posted January 29 Wtf. It's crazy how the progressives took us back decades in race/sex issues.
JaCrispy Posted January 30 Author Posted January 30 1 hour ago, Tommy Callahan said: Can anyone say “Affirmative Action” hire? This is the problem with DEI…people get put in positions they aren’t qualified for, just so others signal their virtue, and feel good about themselves…Btw, good luck if you’re flying American Airlines anytime soon…😉 1
Tommy Callahan Posted January 31 Posted January 31 Last I knew hiring, firing and promoting based on race and sex is illegal. So ban it or bring civil rights cases 1 1
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