DEI Loses to Local Organizing: A Good Win From California

Published on February 9, 2024

Commentary Many Americans, like the 68 percent majority who support the Supreme Court’s ruling against race-based college admissions (based on a January 2024 Gallup poll), are becoming weary of the constant drumbeat of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). The woke DEI agenda replaces equality with equity, merit with shallow skin-color representation, and free speech with ideological conformity. Oftentimes, the woke agenda justifies the recruitment and promotion of woefully unqualified individuals to important leadership positions, which inevitably hurts the integrity and competitiveness of the institutions that hired these individuals. Recent developments in the Poway Unified School District (PUSD) are a perfect example of how ideology overtakes merit to damage public education and erode public trust....