This is the Democrats old playback. Redefine the thing the country hates as something it doesn't. Classic example is "Firehouses and libraries are socialism." Here the word has gone out, DEI means non discrimination. DEI is what MLK was calling for. It's as you note the opposite of reality and yet I have already seen the memes being shared by useful idiots who genuinely believe whatever the party tells them. It's downright Orwellian.
You are entirely correct and the Post is dead wrong. At my University I have been through "training" where it is exactly focused on equality of outcome. they use an analogy of three kids trying to look over a fence and the shortest one get the biggest box under their feet so all can see over the fence. Sigh
Can’t believe that analogy is the best that your university can do, sounds more like a grammar school example. 🙂🙂Guess thst they need to provide a level playing field for all trainees so that nobody’s intelligence is challenged . In any event, you might point out that if the kids are allowed the opportunity to use whatever method necessary to look over the fence and the shortest one is ingenious enough to locate a box that allows him to see over, that is equality of opportunity. If the box is provided, then that is equity and equality of outcome without any effort on the part of the participants.
DEI is a prime example of setting a worthwhile goal without condideing how easily it v]could be corrupted and the meaning itself distorted by the inevitable second and third order efforts. It even happened much earlier with the implementation of affirmative action, in effect the precursor of the much more extensive DEI effort
This is the Democrats old playback. Redefine the thing the country hates as something it doesn't. Classic example is "Firehouses and libraries are socialism." Here the word has gone out, DEI means non discrimination. DEI is what MLK was calling for. It's as you note the opposite of reality and yet I have already seen the memes being shared by useful idiots who genuinely believe whatever the party tells them. It's downright Orwellian.
You are entirely correct and the Post is dead wrong. At my University I have been through "training" where it is exactly focused on equality of outcome. they use an analogy of three kids trying to look over a fence and the shortest one get the biggest box under their feet so all can see over the fence. Sigh
Can’t believe that analogy is the best that your university can do, sounds more like a grammar school example. 🙂🙂Guess thst they need to provide a level playing field for all trainees so that nobody’s intelligence is challenged . In any event, you might point out that if the kids are allowed the opportunity to use whatever method necessary to look over the fence and the shortest one is ingenious enough to locate a box that allows him to see over, that is equality of opportunity. If the box is provided, then that is equity and equality of outcome without any effort on the part of the participants.
DEI is a prime example of setting a worthwhile goal without condideing how easily it v]could be corrupted and the meaning itself distorted by the inevitable second and third order efforts. It even happened much earlier with the implementation of affirmative action, in effect the precursor of the much more extensive DEI effort
Great post, with Paul's typical nuanced analysis. Jim Dueholm