DEI. Is it replacing Affirmative Action? Affirmative action is still with us, especially with your Union companies. But DEI (Diversity, equity, and inclusion) is the new flavor. It’s still Affirmative action, but taken to a new level.
Where Affirmative action was meant to give minorities a level playing field, it became a quota system to just bring people in regardless of qualifications. Again, look at the Unions.
In recent years, DEI efforts and policies have generated criticism, some directed at the specific effectiveness of its tools, such as diversity training, its effect on free speech and academic freedom, as well as more broadly attracting criticism on political or philosophical grounds. Just look at the former Harvard President.
