DEI
July 14, 2026 — John Hinderaker
Democrats are opposed to “bad” race discrimination and in favor of “good” race discrimination. They haven’t yet gotten it through their heads that this is not how the law works. As reaffirmed in the UNC and Harvard cases, there is no “good” race discrimination. Race discrimination–DEI–in employment and education is illegal, period. The point was made again by Inez Stepman under questioning by Brandon Gill, who is fast becoming the
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June 23, 2026 — Bill Glahn
Your feel-good story of the day, from the New York Post, Woman who emptied Knicks trashcan on street— then stole it — fired from JPMorgan Chase, was DEI exec. Of course she was. You may have seen the video posted right after the New York Knicks championship victory parade last week. The Post reports, A woman caught on video emptying a public trash can on the street then stealing it
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June 1, 2026 — John Hinderaker
In the bleak days circa 2020, many universities abandoned admissions test requirements in the name of “equity.” They believed that certain races are inherently unable to compete, and therefore it was only fair to do away with tests as entrance requirements. The result has been a comprehensive disaster in higher education, made worse by the fact that, owing to grade inflation, there is no way other than the SAT and
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May 5, 2026 — John Hinderaker
This comes from Wales, where Google’s AI says the population is 94% white, with 2.9% identifying as Asian or Asian/White, and 0.9% as black or mixed race. Which makes this doubly weird: Welsh nurseries have been advised to report children for “racist incidents” in guidance backed by the Labour Government. The taxpayer-funded guidance for childminders aims to make nurseries and play groups “anti-racist” environments. Childcare workers are advised to call
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May 1, 2026 — John Hinderaker
The shibboleth that “diversity is our strength” is one of the worst canards of our time. There is a great deal of empirical data indicating that in general, cultural diversity is a weakness, not a strength. Culturally diverse societies (which can mean ethnically diverse, but doesn’t have to) are generally lower-trust societies, which inhibits economic growth. Western Europe is living proof of that proposition. But there is another way in
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April 12, 2026 — John Hinderaker
I have said it many times over the years: DEI, like affirmative action before it, is not just immoral. It is illegal, at least in employment and education. But for many years, the law went unenforced. That changed with the Supreme Court’s decision in the Harvard and North Carolina cases, the most important decision of recent years. The Court held that the Constitution and the Civil Rights Act mean what
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February 17, 2026 — John Hinderaker
The American people have never been comfortable with race discrimination, and most have been puzzled by discrimination on behalf of homosexuals. Nevertheless, big business has, without exception as far as I know, engaged in race discrimination at least back to the 1970s, and more recently discrimination based on sexual orientation. Race discrimination has been tolerated even though it has been open and obvious. That came to an end with the
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February 6, 2026 — John Hinderaker
At the beginning of his administration, President Trump issued two executive orders directing federal agencies to end DEI programs in federal grant and contract processes. Those orders were challenged by plaintiffs that included the City of Baltimore, the American Association of University Professors and the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education. Those plaintiffs sought, and obtained, a preliminary injunction in the district court, preventing implementation of the President’s
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October 17, 2025 — John Hinderaker
Heather Mac Donald optimistically declares “The end of the race hustle.” Heather’s article is long, and data-rich. I recommend reading it all. She credits President Trump with being uncowed by the Left’s accusations of racism, and offers hope that race-baiting no longer works: For decades, pointing out that any action, public or private, had a black target or fell disproportionately on black people was sufficient to discredit that action, regardless
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July 28, 2025 — John Hinderaker
A year or two ago, the producer of a documentary film reached out to me. The film was to be about Matthew Lohmeier, an Air Force lieutenant colonel who was cashiered from the military because he was not on board with DEI, and said on a podcast that Marxism was infiltrating the Air Force. He also wrote a book called Irresistible Revolution: Marxism’s Goal of Conquest & the Unmaking of
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July 6, 2025 — John Hinderaker
Like many other companies, Target Corporation has put its DEI programs out of their misery. Most Americans applaud the end of DEI, but the Congressional Black Caucus is not amused. Thus, it is threatening to boycott Target: Now, the Congressional Black Caucus is making thinly veiled threats to endorse boycotting Target if it does not reinstate “diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives that were eliminated or rolled back,” according to a
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July 1, 2025 — Bill Glahn
Only in Minnesota. Two (2) state government agencies knowingly hired the same Kenyan-born, illegal alien, convicted felon, registered sex offender to do (get this) internal audit work. Now that’s a DEI hire. In his most recent stint with the state Dept. of Education (MDE), Wilson Nguri Tindi, age 42, rose to the highest rank available in the state career civil service. MDE is that same agency that oversaw the nation’s
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May 17, 2025 — Scott Johnson
Everything National Association of Scholars President Peter Wood writes is worth reading. Among his many books, for example, I would point to 1620: A Critical Response to the 1619 Project and Diversity: The Invention of a Concept. All his books — his Encounter Books page is here — are of interest. In the June issue of The Spectator’s World edition he has the essay “The Trump administration is giving us
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April 29, 2025 — John Hinderaker
The Ivy League schools have beclowned themselves over the last few years. They have been hotbeds of anti-Semitism, they have persisted in illegal DEI policies, and they have been hostile to free speech. With one honorable exception. Under President Sian Beilock, Dartmouth has rejected these far-Left policies, and thus has kept its name out of the newspapers. This tweet sums up Beilock’s accomplishments: Dartmouth Alumni, Faculty, Students and Friends are
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March 8, 2025 — John Hinderaker
Top Democratic Party lawyer Marc Elias and his then-law firm, Perkins Coie, played a disgraceful part in the Russia collusion hoax. I am not sure why no one in the Hillary Clinton campaign, nor anyone at Perkins Coie, was criminally prosecuted as a result of that fraud, which included the filing of false documents with the FEC. Perhaps investigators concluded that no crime was committed, or perhaps a policy decision
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February 21, 2025 — John Hinderaker
This could be huge: Target was sued on Thursday by the state of Florida for allegedly concealing the risks of diversity and social initiatives that led to a customer backlash and wiped billions of dollars from the retailer’s market value. The securities fraud lawsuit by the State Board of Administration of Florida, an agency overseeing public pension funds that own Target stock, was filed in the federal court in Fort
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February 19, 2025 — John Hinderaker
For years, my organization has been battling against a liberal attempt to transform Minnesota’s public schools from educational institutions into far-left indoctrination centers. You might think you understand how evil the Left’s assault on education is, but that is unlikely. It is worse than you probably can imagine. In 2023, Minnesota’s then-Democratic legislature passed a law that requires every class in every K-12 public school to incorporate “Ethnic Studies” in
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