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Category Archives: Diversity
Nobody in the $100 billion DEI industry says they are fighting for power
They say they are defending equity, advancing inclusion, dismantling oppression, and guiding organizations through demographic transformation. That language is not decoration. It is how authority is built and defended. David Pinsof’s Alliance Theory provides the framework. Moral vocabularies are coalition … Continue reading
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The Four Types Of DEI Actors
The Jurisdictional Wars framework suggests that four archetypes in the industry—the Fully Committed, the Conflicted Insider, the Cultural Participant, and the Mercenary—will react to the current legal and political climate based on how it affects their status and the “hero … Continue reading
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Decoding The $100 Billion DEI Industry
The University of Michigan employs more than 240 full-time staff dedicated to diversity, equity, and inclusion work, at an annual payroll cost of roughly $30 million. Ohio State doubled its DEI staff from 88 to 189 between 2018 and 2023, … Continue reading
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Class Analysis Without Permission
In 2019, the University of Michigan employed a larger number of diversity, equity, and inclusion staff than it employed faculty in its history department. This is not unusual. It is illustrative. Across American higher education, administrative positions tied to compliance, … Continue reading
The Optionality Gap: Why Diversity Is a Luxury Good
Robert Putnam did not want to publish his findings. He sat on them for several years after completing his study of forty-one American communities, reportedly because he found the results so politically uncomfortable. What he eventually published in 2007 showed … Continue reading
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Diversity!
The former dean of Duke’s law school, Paul D. Carrington, published in the Utah Law Review in 1992 a lengthy essay on Diversity! It begins: “Diversity! has become the nor de guerre of an aggressive movement among law students and … Continue reading
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How’s it working out for the elite to call everyone leery of DEI racist?
ChatGPT says: Poorly. And the failure is structural, not rhetorical. Alliance Theory says calling everyone leery of DEI “racist” was a short-term coordination move that produced long-term alliance damage. Here’s how it’s actually playing out. First, the accusation collapsed a … Continue reading
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DEI Diminished Trust In Our Institutions
LF: I wonder how much the decreased trust in institutions is due to a DEI related lack of competence? Gemini: Based on the article “The Lost Generation” by Jacob Savage from Compact Magazine, the text provides significant anecdotal evidence supporting … Continue reading
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Where Diversity Makes Things Better
In counterpoint to this Jacob Savage essay about The Lost Generation of young white men, there are many areas where work product has increased in quality due to increased diversity such as with sport and restaurants. Gemini says: A strong … Continue reading
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NYT: ‘Companies Pull Back From Pride Events as Trump Targets D.E.I.’
The New York Times reports: Pride organizers say major longtime backers are reducing their support as corporate America retreats from diversity initiatives under President Trump. When it came time to plan San Francisco Pride this year, Suzanne Ford, the organization’s … Continue reading
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