DEI Has Rapidly Become a Cautionary Tale Against Hope.
The recording of George Floyd being lynched in the street was an eye opener for many people. And for anyone who thinks I’m being over dramatic when I call George Floyd’s death a lynching, let me explain something to you. Lynching does not require a rope. All that is required is hate, malice, the willingness and the fortitude to take someone’s life, and a target. Rope, castration and burnings were used to set an example to Black people to remember their place; and to put on a show for racist white people, because like the Romans, they needed to be entertained.
But I digress…
George Floyd’s death was an eye-opening event for many people. But the funny thing about eyes is after they’ve opened, they usually close very quickly. That is what we are in the midst of as a county. One of the biggest things to come out of George Floyd’s death was the DEI movement. We should all know it by now: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. I’ve written about DEI a couple of times already. DEI is the type of thing, where at its foundation, it makes all the sense in the world, but it was executed poorly across the board.
You know, ordinarily, at this point, I would go into a long diatribe explaining exactly what DEI is; what each word means and how it could benefit society, but I’m not going to do that. I’ve done it in a…
