This proposal IS ideological. Advancing racial equity isn't simply an ideology. Jamie Dimon made the business case for it. I can make a Constitutional argument for it. People from across the ideological spectrum can make a number of arguments about why we all benefit from racial equity.
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would recognize that some students face extra
economic obstacles, but would not assume
something iniquitous is afoot if one racial group
(say, Asian Americans) outperforms other
groups." Asians benefit from DEI.
neatly divides racial and ethnic groups into
categories of oppressed and oppressors and
requires oppressed groups to unthinkingly
support one another’s causes." Not at all what intersectionality does. Indeed, it doesn't neatly divide groups.