The message is clear: if you’re not a white dude you can never be qualified enough, but if you are a white dude that’s the only qualification you need.
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Once there are no racial minorities or women or LGBTQ+ in leadership positions, and most MAGA dudes are *still* not wealthy and powerful or able to get a date, what will they blame their failures on then?
> The DEI changes are not just DEI. They are rolling back civil rights gains since the era of Jim Crowe. It’s also about rolling back gains made by women, by the LGBTQI+ community. By non-“Christian” faiths.
> These are the features of this executive, legislative and judicial administration.
> Continuing to frame them only in DEI and not in conjunction with other EOs, legislation, and judicial decisions is a disservice by the fourth estate for the reasons they’re afforded additional rights.
The point has always been to call into question the competency of any minority candidate. Chris Rufo was very clear about this when he publicly workshopped making DEI a policy issue, and he’s gloating about it now.
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> The DEI changes are not just DEI. They are rolling back civil rights gains since the era of Jim Crowe. It’s also about rolling back gains made by women, by the LGBTQI+ community. By non-“Christian” faiths.
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> Continuing to frame them only in DEI and not in conjunction with other EOs, legislation, and judicial decisions is a disservice by the fourth estate for the reasons they’re afforded additional rights.
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It was quite effective at reserving positions for white guys.