I am a Republican / Independent, who really dislikes Trump as a leader and a human being, but I do think he is doing the right thing on this policy. The question is whether or not he will enact policies that help the the disadvantaged regardless of race. That is part of the equation as well. I hope so, but I suspect not.
It's possible that this does some good at the level of policy. However, given the irresponsible nature of the principal actors enforcing these changes, I'm skeptical it will do so culturally. If in ten years a centrist came along that did something to this effect, I believe a meaningful cultural attitude shift on this subject could be had. From this administration? I doubt it, and I doubt the left's ability to identify this particular area as one they might not have perfectly well calibrated, and likely will view it all as expressions of bigotry and hatefulness.
Careful Coleman, Trump and the republicans use the center movement to their own advantage. This will lead to an increase in attention from the far left overtly woke identity driven fringe. The end of race politics isn’t over, it’s just beginning. It’s too useful a tool to let die.
Race based government policies divide the working class. It can always be portrayed as picking winners or losers. Race or gender based policies were enacted because the corporate elites were not going to allow truly successful class based policies which would undermine their lock on power. Race and gender policies in fact increases the their power by dividing the public, or I like to say, the working class and by getting some in the dispossessed groups to leave their cohorts behind.
You and ironically Trump got this one right but I will not hold my breath that he will support any class based policies to help the working class or the working poor. This would only happen if solidarity existed within the working class.
It is right to correct the egregious abuses of “DEI” work. It is wrong to infer from this that our society and its institutions are color-blind now, or that people descended from enslaved Africans, migrant Latinos, and Asian refugees don’t continue to face active discrimination. The most valuable work of many DEI experts—advocating for and supporting people who as individuals and as part of communities have suffered from discriminatory practices—will have to continue. Otherwise our multiracial nation will not foster everyone’s potential and will fall behind societies that manage that better.
Don't know if this would interest you, but would you consider working with either DOGE or a separate committee within congress to write better legislation, possibly using AI, that could address color blindness in federal contracting without creating a whole new bureaucracy. May not even be possible. Maybe with one of the centrist caucuses if they still exist.
I am a Republican / Independent, who really dislikes Trump as a leader and a human being, but I do think he is doing the right thing on this policy. The question is whether or not he will enact policies that help the the disadvantaged regardless of race. That is part of the equation as well. I hope so, but I suspect not.
It's possible that this does some good at the level of policy. However, given the irresponsible nature of the principal actors enforcing these changes, I'm skeptical it will do so culturally. If in ten years a centrist came along that did something to this effect, I believe a meaningful cultural attitude shift on this subject could be had. From this administration? I doubt it, and I doubt the left's ability to identify this particular area as one they might not have perfectly well calibrated, and likely will view it all as expressions of bigotry and hatefulness.
Careful Coleman, Trump and the republicans use the center movement to their own advantage. This will lead to an increase in attention from the far left overtly woke identity driven fringe. The end of race politics isn’t over, it’s just beginning. It’s too useful a tool to let die.
Race based government policies divide the working class. It can always be portrayed as picking winners or losers. Race or gender based policies were enacted because the corporate elites were not going to allow truly successful class based policies which would undermine their lock on power. Race and gender policies in fact increases the their power by dividing the public, or I like to say, the working class and by getting some in the dispossessed groups to leave their cohorts behind.
You and ironically Trump got this one right but I will not hold my breath that he will support any class based policies to help the working class or the working poor. This would only happen if solidarity existed within the working class.
What is your definition of working class?
It is right to correct the egregious abuses of “DEI” work. It is wrong to infer from this that our society and its institutions are color-blind now, or that people descended from enslaved Africans, migrant Latinos, and Asian refugees don’t continue to face active discrimination. The most valuable work of many DEI experts—advocating for and supporting people who as individuals and as part of communities have suffered from discriminatory practices—will have to continue. Otherwise our multiracial nation will not foster everyone’s potential and will fall behind societies that manage that better.
Don't know if this would interest you, but would you consider working with either DOGE or a separate committee within congress to write better legislation, possibly using AI, that could address color blindness in federal contracting without creating a whole new bureaucracy. May not even be possible. Maybe with one of the centrist caucuses if they still exist.