VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: The Embarrassments Of Ideology
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is a euphemism for a rigid racialist theology.
It deductively postulates that a large percentage of the population is oppressed by racism and sexism, mostly by white males.
DEI makes no allowance for the class or wealth of the alleged victims or their supposed victimizers.
So once that rigid party line is set, it cannot account for tens of millions of affluent and privileged non-white Americans or like numbers of poor and non-privileged whites.
Absurdities and ridicule must then follow.
One example is the spectacle of former First Lady Michelle Obama on her current book tour.
Mrs. Obama cannot finish an interview without whining about the racism she allegedly encountered as the once most influential and powerful woman in the United States.
According to Michelle, she was not given the exemptions that other white first ladies received.
She did not get enough free stuff for the First Family.
She had to hire three stylists daily to straighten her hair to meet “white” expectations — as if also Asians and Hispanics do not have straight hair, or many whites do not have hard-to-comb curly hair.
Indeed, she now claims blacks cannot even swim because of white-induced pressures to maintain dry and straight hair. (RELATED: Michelle Obama Lashes Out At White People During Interview For New Book)
Because her DEI creed ignores class and wealth, Michelle has no idea how absurd she sounds.
She and husband, former President Barack Obama,........





















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