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As was the war on CRT, BLM and every other initiative in the so called "culture wars".
The assault on DEI is based on a misleading caricature of these policies and their beneficiaries. It is an attack on well-established principles of equality, based on highly dubious interpretations of the law. And it is designed to bully employers and educators into dangerous and potentially unlawful overcompliance.
Opponents often characterize DEI as āpreferencesā or āspecial treatment.ā But attacks on DEI threaten a wide range of policies that seek to realize the promise of civil rights law: to advance equal opportunity for all Americans. These benefit not only women, people of color and gay and transgender individuals, but also military veterans, people from impoverished or rural areas, religious minorities and first-generation professionals. DEI policies combat harassment and retaliation. They open the workplace to pregnant and caregiving employees and to persons with disabilities.
Critics define DEI as being in opposition to merit. But DEIās purpose is exactly the opposite: to remove barriers and biases and ensure that employment opportunities are based on the ability to perform oneās job ā not on arbitrary factors such as race, sex, religious beliefs, ancestry or country of origin. At its best, DEI benefits everyone by making workplaces fairer and more accessible. Many business and military leaders believe that diversity bolsters their organizationsā performance and profits.
The right made DEI about race then claimed the left uses identity politics because they are called out for doing so. This has been what Republicans have been doing for years. Maybe it's time REPUBLICANS stopped using identity politics to fearmonger and divide.
Why Trumpās war on DEI is so diabolical
The assault on DEI is based on a misleading caricature of these policies and their beneficiaries. It is an attack on well-established principles of equality, based on highly dubious interpretations of the law. And it is designed to bully employers and educators into dangerous and potentially unlawful overcompliance.
Opponents often characterize DEI as āpreferencesā or āspecial treatment.ā But attacks on DEI threaten a wide range of policies that seek to realize the promise of civil rights law: to advance equal opportunity for all Americans. These benefit not only women, people of color and gay and transgender individuals, but also military veterans, people from impoverished or rural areas, religious minorities and first-generation professionals. DEI policies combat harassment and retaliation. They open the workplace to pregnant and caregiving employees and to persons with disabilities.
Critics define DEI as being in opposition to merit. But DEIās purpose is exactly the opposite: to remove barriers and biases and ensure that employment opportunities are based on the ability to perform oneās job ā not on arbitrary factors such as race, sex, religious beliefs, ancestry or country of origin. At its best, DEI benefits everyone by making workplaces fairer and more accessible. Many business and military leaders believe that diversity bolsters their organizationsā performance and profits.
The right made DEI about race then claimed the left uses identity politics because they are called out for doing so. This has been what Republicans have been doing for years. Maybe it's time REPUBLICANS stopped using identity politics to fearmonger and divide.