The DEI Disaster

A lot of bad ideas really took off in the aftermath of the George Floyd riots. One was the “defund the police” movement. Another is called “diversity, equity and inclusion” or DEI.

It’s an ideology that rejects Martin Luther King’s dream that individuals should be judged based on the content of their character and not the color of their skin.

In stark contrast, DEI sees only race, and it attacks other characteristics as so-called “privilege.” It’s also contributing to the growing anti-Semitism in America. (Here and here.)

It’s a total disaster, but it has been embraced by the progressive left, the Biden Administration, woke corporations and academia.

The latest DEI outrage comes to us courtesy of Johns Hopkins University.

This week, the university’s DEI office sent out its monthly message to all employees. The message noted that the “diversity word of the month” was “privilege.” This was defined as “a set of unearned benefits given to people in a specific social group.”

Of course, one person’s “privilege” disadvantages others not in the specific social group. So, what it really means is that if you’re privileged, you’re a bad person and we must correct for you.

The DEI office then listed all the people with this so-called “privilege:”

White people.

Able-bodied people.

Heterosexuals.

Males.

Christians.

Middle or owning class people.

English-speaking people.

So, the perfect new hire at Johns Hopkins University would have to be a poor, non-English-speaking, handicapped, black Muslim lesbian.

THIS IS INSANE!

We must restore respect for hard work, success and achievement. We must return to hiring based on merit. Yet, if you say this, the left accuses you of racism.

But they are the racists because they are suggesting that if we hire based on merit, minorities won’t get jobs because they aren’t qualified. That’s a lie, and it’s racist.

I’m pleased to report that the university’s DEI office quickly retracted and apologized for its ridiculous list after a tremendous backlash. Just imagine if everyone who fits into one of those “privileged” categories quit Johns Hopkins. The only people left would be the people in the DEI office!

It would be great if an accomplished, articulate black doctor at Johns Hopkins University would lead the charge against this insanity – maybe someone like Dr. Ben Carson!