PBS News Weekend guest host Ali Rogin promised that a Saturday evening segment would “explore the deep roots of DEI in this country as it comes under increasing attack,” and it certainly delivered a strong if false defense, comparing the “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” push to the fight against Jim Crow, with the host agreeing wholly with the segment’s sole guest, a leftist professor from the “USC Race and Equity Center.” .
Rogin claimed Trump’s executive orders targeting DEI programs were “dismantling decades of federal anti-discrimination policy,” which sounds dubious, then introduced John Yang’s report with solemn fanfare.
ROGIN: For Black History Month, John Yang explores the origins of DEI in America in our latest installment of Hidden Histories.
Yang, who usually anchors the PBS News Weekend, suggested a choice between…
