Republicans vs. DEI

• The promotion of acceptance and respect for people from a wide variety of cultures. Respect is earned. If you need these things promoted to you, you have already failed in life. Just give up.
• The provision of equal opportunities for people with disabilities. We do this with laws, which are already in place.
• The celebration of arts, crafts, cuisine, and clothing (i.e culture) of global societies. Sounds like cultural misappropriation, or a Frat party…or both.
• The provision of equal access and opportunity for all people, regardless of race, disability, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or religion. We do this with laws, which are already in place.
• The development of opportunities for people to develop empathy for others. This is gobbygook gibberish. Do you mean indoctrination?
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  “Just look at how corrosively toxic DEI efforts prove in practice:
  
  • Faculty at the University of California/San Francisco’s medical school recently produced a journal article endorsing racial segregation in education as “part of a broader antiracism and anti-oppression curriculum.”
  • In its official glossary, the University of Central Florida designates “male, white, heterosexual, financially stable, young-middle adult, able-bodied, Christian” as oppressors.
  • A student house near Berkeley forbid white people from common spaces to allegedly provide a “safe environment for people who identify as People of Color.”
  • In Arizona, DEI statements — in which applicants swear fealty to the movement’s principles — are required for between 28% and 81% of job openings at public universities.
  • The State University of New York has instituted a requirement that all students (no matter their majors) pass a racial-equity course on “power, privilege, oppression and opportunity.”
  • A survey by the nonprofit Speech First found a shocking 91% of schools push far left ideas on “microaggressions, anti-racism, trigger warnings, bias, racial equity” in their freshman orientation material. No wonder more than 80% of college kids, per speech-rights outfit FIRE, “report self-censoring their viewpoints at their colleges at least some of the time.”
  • And the movement eats its own: De Anza Community College fired a high-ranking DEI official for insufficient zeal, with colleagues absurdly calling the black woman a white supremacist.”
  The DEI industry really isn't about diversity, equity OR inclusion
  
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  Im fairly certain I could link 50+ similar observations. This ideology is stupid, racist and was invented as a scheme to make money.

 

This statistic proves absolutely nothing in support of your argument. Over my career I hired 100s of lawyers and staff. Not a single Eskimo or Native American….because not a single Eskimo or Native American applied to my firm. Does that make me racist? Of course not. Your data is useless.

 

It’s too bad that people and institutions only associate “DEI” with race. There is more to it.

A cynical, more on the nose: “making more money with people who can appeal to broader markets”

 

it’s more of a scam which if racist, rather than a racist scam.

 

Clever and seasonal. I fear it will get the cheesy cartoon and all references to Rudolph banned in Florida as subversive


The song reveals both the rejection of Rudolph due to his difference and the essential necessity of his uniqueness to the life and goals of the community. According to the tale, Santa delivered gifts for years and years and no one ever thought a red-nosed reindeer could help accomplish the task. Boy, did Rudolph prove them wrong.

The song is a celebration of what we now call DEI — diversity, equity and inclusion. It is a heroic tale about learning the value of the other and realizing how community is enhanced by celebrating those differences. It is a reminder that bullying is almost always related to uncomfortableness with differences in race, religion, ethnicity, sexuality and gender. The other reindeer had never seen a red-nosed reindeer, not in their families or in their neighborhoods or churches. The story is a strong reminder of our human tendency to isolate or marginalize those who are different.

Many of us today seem to act like those foolish reindeer who laughed and called Rudolph names. Rising amounts of vile hate toward the “red-nosed people” in our community has surfaced in the last several years. As a community, we seem to have forgotten the essential value of diversity. Differences are the essential fabric of our culture. As Maya Angelou said, “Diversity makes for a rich tapestry.”

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer honors DEI
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer honors DEI - Tampa Bay Times