Republicans blame DEI for everything, and it began when President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act in 1964. Conservatives have been salty about the whole “equal rights” thing ever since.
As Dr. Rashad Richey, JD, PhD, EdD, MBA, LL.M says, “When you’re used to privilege, equality feels like oppression.”
Affirmative Action
Republicans celebrated after Justice Clarence Thomas helped them take down Affirmative Action.
Affirmative Action began when President John F. Kennedy signed Executive Order 10925. He said, “take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that employees are treated fairly during employment, without regard to their race, creed, color or national origin.”
Back then, diversity meant employing workers of both sexes, different races, and various religions. Studies have shown that diverse groups perform better than homogeneous (all members are the same) groups,
In fact, companies with diverse leadership groups perform 35% better than other companies in the same industry in terms of financial returns.
So why aren't more corporations condemning Republicans for penalizing companies that have a DEI specialist or department? Probably because they care more about deregulation and tax cuts.
The Trump administration has gone after medical schools and federal government contractors who incorporate DEI practices or policies in their organizations. Trump also signed an executive order that bans DEI from the federal government altogether.
In the main photo above, a worker paints a wall in the FBI building that was covered in words describing the character of a good leader: integrity, fairness, compassion, respect, etc. The word diversity is probably the reason someone decided the wall needed a coat of dark gray paint.
Tell me again how Republicans aren’t racist, and don't think white men are the only ones qualified for most jobs. I’ll wait…
Republicans claim to be for small government, but they are so quick to tell us what we can read, where we can go, who can get married, what we can do in our bedrooms, what pregnant women can do with their bodies, what teachers can teach, what kids should learn in school, which religion children are indoctrinated with, and which policies a private company can implement.
That does NOT sound like “small government.” It’s ‘small government when Democrats are in power ‘cuz we don't like them, but when we are in power, we force our will, our beliefs, and our religion on the American people while we rob them blind.’
Project 2025 is an instruction manual for a white, christian nationalist country.
It’s frustrating when they equate DEI with Affirmative Action. They are two different things that work in different ways to produce different outcomes.
The purpose of affirmative action is to achieve equal employment opportunity by making up for past discrimination, and overcoming discrimination in the workplace.
DEI
DEI, or Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, is a framework used by companies to develop a workforce that is diverse—where all employees are treated equally, provided the same opportunities and resources (equity), and everyone feels included, regardless of race, sex, or religion.
DEI experts provided their own definitions to CNN:
-Diversity is embracing the differences everyone brings to the table, whether it’s someone’s race, age, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, physical ability or other aspects of social identity.
– Equity is treating everyone fairly and providing equal opportunities.
- Inclusion is respecting everyone’s voice and creating a culture where people from all backgrounds feel encouraged to express their ideas and perspectives.
Republicans and Racism (Anti-DEI)
Can we start by saying it out loud? Republicans are racist. When they call someone a “DEI hire,” the translation is: “You aren’t White, so there is no way you got the job because you are qualified.” They’ve gone so far as to call people of color who have been elected into office, “DEI hires.”
That doesn't even make sense, yet the folks who listen to these fools will just accept everything Republican politicians and pundits—on Fox News, Newsmax and conservative podcasts—say even if it makes no logical sense whatsoever.
The more Republicans can get working-class Americans to hate and blame each other, the more successful their “Keep them dumb and poor” agenda will be.
The GOP has been blaming DEI for decades and the voters just accept it. When will they realize that blaming minority groups is the Party’s way of hiding the corrupt things they’re engaged in behind the scenes? Scott Jennings on CNN got his ass handed to him for doing the same thing the hosts at Fox News have been doing when reporting on the fires in Los Angeles.
In fact, Maria Bartiromo took it a step farther on her show when she blamed immigrants for the fires.
After the attacks on New Year's Eve, Republicans immediately viewed the tragedies as an opportunity to use them to their advantage. They seized on that opportunity by blaming immigrants and the border for the attacks. Even though both men were American citizens who served, or were currently serving, in our military.
Radicalization and extremism in the military is getting worse, so they needed to change the narrative.
“You can’t afford a house or groceries, but look! Women run the LA County fire department. The wildfires destroying people’s lives must be their fault.” Meanwhile they do nothing to help the situation.
And when you lose Medicaid and SNAP benefits—the two programs they DO intend to cut funding for—they will have you blaming immigrants and each other while they once again give the richest people and corporations tax cuts.
It’s a worn out, and frankly, lazy playbook but if it’s working, why would they change it? Republican voters, the next time they start talking about DEI or trans people and bathrooms, pause for a moment and think. Pull back the curtain to see what’s really going on. 9 times out of 10, they are screwing you while they help their billionaire friends. Just look at Trump’s cabinet.
Republicans will give you constant culture wars and people to blame and hate, but they won’t give you higher minimum wage, healthcare, paid family leave, free child care, student debt relief, or free preschool and free community college. That would help you, and keeping you stupid and poor is more important. (For context, Israel’s citizens enjoy universal healthcare, paid family leave, and free college.) What country wouldn't want its citizens to be healthy, happy, and educated, when that benefits the economy and the country’s standing on the world stage? Hint: the only developed nation without those benefits 🇺🇸.)
For more on Republicans acting against the best interests of their voters , check out my other work: Dear Republican Voters, a letter to voters exposing “some stuff,” and Why People Vote Against Their Own Best Interests, a self-explanatory deep-dive.
