DEI is a pernicious Democrat neo-Marxist movement threatening the tenets that made America great: meritocracy, equal opportunity, free speech and equal treatment. While the words diversity, equity and inclusion sound innocuous, in practice they mean diversity, except of thought, equity of outcomes, not of opportunity and inclusion of perceived feelings, not of facts and logic.
This movement has grown from the backrooms of Marxist study in liberal arts departments at universities to permeate all aspects of universities, corporations, government and k-12 education. This DEI movement puts individual characteristics related to gender, ethnicity, nationality, political views or sexual orientation over merit when determining who should be given voice, preferences or advantages.
This movement stifles and cancels those who would disagree and speak publicly.
This movement is destroying America by artificially dividing its citizens and fostering and encouraging a victim mentality and minimizing personal accountability and responsibility.
Recently, catalyzed by events and resultant behaviors related to the October 6 massacre in Israel, there is a counter movement opposing DEI. A group of professors at the University of Pennsylvania have formed a group and started a petition to communicate and garner support for the elimination of DEI with universities. Their key position is that when hiring staff or admitting students factors of gender, ethnicity, nationality, political views, sexual orientation, or religious associations shall NOT be considered over merit. Their goal is to reestablish a foundation of education that was a key to America’s success: intellectual diversity and openness of thought, civil discourse, political neutrality, institutional neutrality, respect the scientific method, and respect and tolerance.
I encourage everyone to read their vision and to sign their petition supporting their position.
I don’t know if this is the beginning of the end of DEI or just a short term setback to it. I know that I think DEI is bad for our country and can only hope enough others understand what is really about and agree it needs to be stopped.
