Scapegoating DEI: Silence Is Complicity
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President Trump has used diversity, equity and inclusion to explain failures in education, the economy and national security, so you might think we’d be inured to his strategies by now. When he blamed the tragic plane crash in Washington, D.C., on DEI, he reached a new nadir of callousness. The victims of the crash had not even been recovered and he was blaming DEI policies for “lower” standards. When pressed by reporters, he couldn’t even articulate the object of his complaint or any specifics related to last week’s crash. His instinct, though, reveals a deeper, more troubling current.
Originally published: February 5, 2025
Author: DeRionne P. Pollard
Position: President
Institution: Nevada State University
Published by: Inside Higher Ed