DEI Is Starting to Die. Good Riddance.

The letters “DEI” stand for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, which is the mantra of corporate and political America today.

It sounds good. Who doesn’t like diversity in experience and conversation? Who doesn’t support equity? And what’s wrong with the inclusion of individuals in larger groups and institutions?

The problem is that none of these words are used in any commonsense way. They are used in Orwellian fashion to mean almost their exact opposites. In his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, Orwell wrote the slogan of Big Brother’s political party as WAR IS PEACE. FREEDOM IS SLAVERY. IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.

Today’s DEI pushers have done Orwell proud. Diversity means uniformity of thought and practices along ideological and political lines.

Equity does not mean equality of opportunity. It means equality of result, which involves handicapping the most talented and taking from the most productive to give handouts to the laziest and least motivated. Inclusion means exclusion of whites from black dorms, exclusion of unpopular speakers from public venues, and exclusion of ideas that vary from a politically rigid orthodoxy.

The DEI thought agenda is being enforced by armies of inspectors and compliance officers who will fire you, demote you, and denigrate you in front of your peers if you deviate from their thought control.

It’s time for DEI to DIE. It’s time to exclude these ideas from the campuses, institutions, and corporations where they prevail. Many decent-minded Americans have begun to push back against the DEI agenda but none more aggressively and successfully than Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

As reported here, DeSantis has just signed legislation that eliminates DEI in higher education in the State of Florida. This comes after DeSantis fired the President and the entire Board of Trustees of the New College of Florida for their DEI propaganda and replaced them with officials who value honest education and the study of the Humanities.

A lot of people talk a lot about DEI but don’t actually do anything except create soundbites. DeSantis gets things done. Let’s hope he’s not alone. The future of education, open debate, and creativity is at stake.

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