Republicans seem totally unaware that DEI means “instead of excluding people because they may not fit in because they aren’t straight white men, hire them based on their actual qualifications.”
Then again, some of them probably know this and resent it.
I disagreed with it at the time and do again now… there’s no grand conspiracy; people are just depressingly predictable in how they respond to economic and cultural pressures. Some people recognize the trends and attempt to ride them or even control them (or stop them), but with a few notable exceptions, history tends to just roll on regardless — which can look to some as if there must be some cabal of puppet masters calling the shots.