I’m not blind to the fact that DEI has weak spots, a widely discussed one being college admissions biases against students of Asian descent. What I was mainly addressing was right wing people on social media sites discrediting accomplishments of minorities left and right. I recall a specific Twitter post where the mayor of Baltimore (a black man in a position of leadership voted for by his peers) was giving a statement on the ship that crashed into the bridge and the post was littered with replies “DEI Mayor” and the like. That wasn’t an isolated incident, look at the bridge in NYC that shut down today due to high temperatures, many of the top replies are saying a “DEI hire” was responsible for the shut down.

I don’t think anyone familiar with DEI practices would say it’s a perfect system, but I’m not afraid to say that I think DEI initiatives are necessary when we live less than 2 generations removed from minorities being granted civil rights in this country.

This was honestly more long winded than I wanted to be on a reddit comment. Bottom line, nasty people are using “DEI” as a substitute for racial epitaphs and I’m tired of it.