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That the new administration is opposed to "DEI" (and is quick to use it as a scapegoat for just about everything bad) is unsurprising and was expected, but the aggressiveness of today's anti-DEI purge is still jarring and disturbing. They are creating an atmosphere in which any attempt to hire, promote, or engage with anyone other than a white male will be regarded as inherently suspect.

The damage - to both individuals and to our institutions - will likely be both swift and long lasting.

I've mentioned this before, but it bears repeating. EVERY SINGLE TIME I've been part of a committee or decision-making body that was explicitly mandated to consider diversity as part of its process, it resulted in better, more thoughtful decisions and outcomes. EVERY TIME.

Diversity yields enormous, and often unexpected, benefits. And inclusion is not a zero-sum game.

John Burns

@mattblaze

They don't want diverse...

They want homogenous.

They don't want ideas which stray off-path.

All their women look the same and when they didn't "have the look" they changed themselves into the look.

Their guys have issues. Alcohol. Drugs. Girl issues: rapist, domestic abuse

Their women look the same because they are the latest model FascistBarbie™ fresh from the factory in Stepford.

@JohnJBurnsIII @mattblaze

@JohnJBurnsIII @mattblaze the irony is those guys use "natural law" as justification for many of their policies. Everybody knows that in nature, excessively homogeneous populations have fewer odds of survival. Diversity makes resilience.