Clearly things have changed in the battle over DEI. Just a few years ago the left clearly had the upper hand on college campuses, in public schools, in corporate boardrooms and in government offices. DEI books were bestsellers and it was just assumed DEI had a firm hold on the culture. But even before Trump won the White House, DEI seemed to be losing its grip. Affirmative Action was ended by the Supreme Court. Top colleges began requiring the SAT again. Corporations started walking back their DEI commitments.
Once Trump won the election, resistance to DEI became official policy. Yesterday, Christopher Rufo argues that the right is finally winning this battle, in part because it finally has embraced a winning argument.
The argument is straightforward: Racial discrimination is wrong whether it targets whites, Asians, and Jews, or blacks and Hispanics. Any…
