I am less sanguine than many that DEI is really on the way out. Rather, I think DEI is on the rope and will adapt, coming up with new acronyms, new job titles, and, at best, a somewhat smaller role in the near future. But the grievance culture is well ensconced and I expect it will bounce back.
However, we should take our victories where we can, and I still believe that we can make significant progress in pushing back its influence.
One example of taking the win is the latest victory at Johns Hopkins, where the hospital’s DEI office sent out a diversity “word of the month.” It was a doozy of an email.
Not to make this about myself, but I happen to fit every single category in the list. You would never know that I am super-extra privileged if you compared my paycheck to any of the doctors or bureaucrats at the hospital. I can assert with 99.9999% certainty that the DEI…
