With leading U.S. brands and universities scrapping their DEI policies, it seems Britain might soon join the exodus and wave goodbye to this dreadful fad, writes Micael Deacon in the Telegraph. Here’s an excerpt:
Trendy Left-wing opinions may be tiresome. But they do have one upside. Which is that, like all else in fashion, they’re sure to go out of style. One moment, some insufferable progressive notion is all the rage; the next, it’s shoved in the back of the wardrobe, never to see daylight again.
And the good news is, this appears to be what’s happening to DEI.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is a radical progressive ideology that, in recent years, has held countless Western institutions in its miserable grip. This week, however, there have been multiple signs that, all of a sudden, the grip is finally loosening.
Harley-Davidson has just ditched its diversity targets. Jack Daniel’s, too. The University of Kentucky has said it’s disbanding its diversity office. Meanwhile, meritocracy has been restored to the admissions process at elite U.S. universities. New figures show that, since race-based “affirmative action” was banned by the Supreme Court, the proportion of Asian American students at Massachusetts Institute of Technology has shot up, while that of African American students has slumped. (This is the trouble with “affirmative action”: while benefiting one minority, it can unwittingly penalise another.)
Of course, all these examples are from the U.S. But since, these days, British elites slavishly follow all the latest American trends, DEI must be doomed over here, too.
The most pernicious element of DEI is surely “equity”: the idea that inequality of outcomes between groups can only be explained by injustice. Is this true? It’s just that, in the men’s 100m Olympic final, not one runner was white. Presumably this means white runners are victims of injustice, and should have been included in the final via affirmative action.
Still, now DEI is dying, I suppose they’ll just have to run faster, instead.
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And sadly, it’s governments of both colours responsible.
But only one colour will blame Brexit.
Another victim of Dogma and Ideology. Shut it down on the same day the Government launches its laughable ‘scheme for growth’, while India and China are continuing to build coal fired power as they are UN ‘Developing’, not ‘Developed’ countries. I wonder what future historians will make of all this…
and gleefully announces it is part of per annum U$300 billion fight against the weather….the retard in these cults and in gov’t runs very deep (as does the money laundering, corruption etc)
Fair play to them. If there’s free money flying about then who can blame them for taking it?
What manufacturing jobs Labour can’t kill with net zero, they’re killing with taxation.
Expect more private sector job killing with unlimited immigration, defence cuts, loss of mining, high energy prices …
Tories no better.
Make anything more expensive = get less of it.
Not difficult to understand.
Make manufacturing more expensive, get less of it.
Make employing people more expensive, get less of it.
Try telling that to Rachel from Accounts.
Good. More job losses please.
No jobs, no electricity, no food – might just get the dozy population beyond just signing petitions.
Those of us old enough will remember the Conservative Party 1979 election posters: “Labour Isn’t Working” with a long queue outside the dole office.
Of course since Labour is just Continuity Conservative it might equally be said: Conservatives Isn’t Working.
Conservatives want to drive us off the cliff at a slower rate. But they both agree on the direction. We will see how much the public can tolerate.
They’re NOT Conservatives. They’re imposters.
Totally open gaol for Reform, hope they used it in Parliament to admonish all of the Uni-parties who push this cr*p with no critical inquiry.
Slightly off topic but on BBC Radio Four they were banging on about why Elon Musk is so interested in UK affairs’
Here is where American readers might say – Hey what’s this to do with us? Didn’t we toss those guys out in 1776?
Well, because these days, according to the report, one of the values in news is that
Wow! People still listen to BBC Radio Four? I’m surprised any regular of this site listens, unless it’s to understand how the other side thinks.
There are still some good programmes on Radio 4 that are worth listening to, not many, but some, some that aren’t infused with the BBC’s woke agenda and don’t blame climate change or Elon Musk for the latest problems.
The shipping forecast perhaps…
And if you’re awake in the small hours, you can listen to the propaganda channel (World Service) on the same frequencies. While the old Droitwich 1500m transmitter is still working (it is at present), it’s got a long range well into northern France.
The latter of course, and no DAB.
The governments have been signalling this for some time. Why the surprise?
As far as I’m aware nobody in government has done or commissioned any report on the economics of having almost no vehicle industry. They all seem to spout platitudes about affordable EVs in the future but the only examples seem to be made in China.
Because there are no business people in government, or indeed Parliament, and no real economists either.
My belief is that know all of this very well, they just don’t give a toss.
Especially Ed Miliband!
“Cllr Hazel Simmons MBE, leader of Luton Council”
Member of the Net Zero Labour Party so she can damn well shut her gob.
How can she “suck it up” if she’s “shut her gob”?
Hazel Simmons of the Labour Party and never had a proper job in her life outside the public sector. Welcome to the result of the stupid policies of your party.
There are plenty of “green jobs” being created, producing solar panels, wind turbines, EVs, batteries, heat pumps etc. The only slight inconvenience is that they’re all in China.
Mopping up the last dregs of a once proud country and industry. All of us in a state of squalid impotence and them taking delight in us knowing it. We know that they know, they know that we know etc. The Wendigo system is a tough nut to crack that is why you seldom hear cogent proposals of a solution.
Net Zero Closes British Car Manufacturing
You can ask the question, how do you give a blood transfusion to a corpse? And a second question, are we a corpse? And if we aren’t a corpse then that are we exactly, what do we have left? Even at this level you will struggle to get satisfying answers.
Nuts zero, green communism is killing us. An the British voter gave Labour a chance by not voting for someone. Fecking idiots we are. Britain deserves its punishment for being so stupid. Could’ve voted Reform instead, but didn’t. Dumb assess.
Start mining coal and fracking the gas that’s under out feet. Build new, high tech, clean burning coal plants and out us back to energy independence and stable and reliable power. Get British industry back. Make England Great Again – MEGA
That is really really sad. A friend of mine at SITP works in the paint shop there. A very brave man who stood up to their ridiculous “Covid” rules, had running battles even with his Union over it and won!
RIP Vauxhall Luton
First they closed Aluminium smelting … and voters did nothing
Then they closed all coal production …. and voters did nothing
Next they closed steel production …. and voters did nothing
Then they banned gas and oil exploration … and voters have done nothing
Then they tried to drive Farmers out of business … and voters have started to wake up
Now they’re closing car manufacturers
They’re coming for YOU next.
WAKE UP. It has nothing to do with the Climate and everything to do with destruction of our lives.