If universities, corporations, philanthropy, and other major U.S. institutions were engaged in a concerted effort to increase racism and misogyny, many Americans would be outraged. And yet, the current way many Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programs are being conducted may be doing precisely that.
Recent assaults on DEI from the right have caused people who care about a diverse, inclusive America to circle the wagons against attacks from people who, at best, want to pretend the country is already colorblind, and at worst, want a return to an era when White, Christian men presided unquestioned at the top of the status hierarchy. But proponents of diversity do need to alter these programs—not to please those who want to go backward, but to help America become the inclusive nation it needs to be moving forward.
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