Power Line’s Steven Hayward summarizes a Bloomberg article concerning unrest and unhappiness among DEI officers in high tech firms. Many such are feeling they are window-dressing or tokens and it is likely these feelings are accurate. Hayward generalizes this trend to universities.
The people who run universities, like those at tech firms, don’t for a minute believe their institutions are “broken” or in need of refocusing. They understand their institutions are elitist but - to retain public support - need to look less so. Hence, DEI units.
DEI units are largely camouflage. Like all camouflage, they are designed to disguise and conceal the true nature and functioning of what’s underneath without impeding it overmuch.
DEI hires are supposed to understand their function is to change how things “appear” without changing how they in fact function. Those who succeed will be those who understand and accept that role.
The Bloomberg article suggests more than a few DEI folk are unhappy being tokens. Their mistake is taking the propaganda they generate seriously.
