The coming demise of DEI
It is slowly dawning on liberals across America that DEI is, in most contexts, illegal. The whole point of DEI is to discriminate against disfavored groups, and in favor of preferred groups. Liberals have a hard time understanding that there is anything wrong with this, but the courts–most notably, recently, in the Harvard and UNC cases–are beginning to set them straight.
In many states, legislators aren’t waiting for litigation to unfold. They are passing laws barring universities from spending money on DEI, disbanding DEI programs, and so on. Of course this is causing consternation in the world of higher education. For a glimpse of how the other side thinks, check out this piece in The Chronicle of Higher Education:
At least 14 states this year will consider legislation that could dismantle the ways college administrators attempt to correct historical and structural gender and racial disparities and make campus climates more inclusive, according to a Chronicle of Higher Education analysis.
That’s the party line. But DEI initiatives never are based on actual discrimination that was once carried out by the institution in question. That would actually be legal. Instead, they are intended to “correct” the fact that the world does not automatically employ race and gender quotas in bestowing good things. Instead, you have to work for them. And the idea that the discrimination mandated by DEI makes “campus climates more inclusive” is ridiculous. Many men, especially white men, are forgoing college precisely because they correctly feel excluded by DEI ideology.
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DEI is a race-based concept. People are selected based on their demographics rather than merit. The advantage of a merit-based concept is that anyone who works hard and produces can achieve based on their merits. Can you imagine how much less interesting the NBA would be if they selected players based on their race? The same goes for most professional sports.
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