Glenn: Thanks for your response. I have reached out to FAIR, and am waiting to hear back. But, may I make an additional plea, and expand on your comments about your fear that DEI will cause a white backlash--and this ties into my plea for help in this case. The danger is not white backlash from this dystopian theology. Once the Left realizes that DEI is not going be effective in increasing its control over the deplorables, it will go on to another method of control: probably climate change. What will be left is not backlash, but an increase in the chasm between white and black Americans that will have a devastating effect on both communities. I grew up in a "deplorables" household, with "deplorable" friends and neighbors, and my 40 plus years of litigation practice has been representing mostly what the patroons call the "deplorables". My conclusion: people I know and represent are, despite the patroons' claims, far less bigoted, and kinder and more compassionate than their betters. So the problem is not white backlash but this: DEI infantilizes Black Americans by claiming that Blacks cannot be successful unless Whites change the entire structure of our society. It is neo white Supremacy--and it has to be debilitating to members of the Black community. It will also result in whites treating Black Americans like some kind of exotic subspecies one has to be careful not to offend--and will reduce chances at human connections that are essential to success in any field. The trainer in my case told state employees that racism is "omnipresent", in "every nook and cranny" of our society, and "in everything". She denigrated the Black community by only focusing on Black criminal suspects. The only Black American of accomplishment she mentioned was Candace Owens, whom she said was an example of "internalized racism", and an "idiot." The State's response to our complaint is to agree with the theories promoted by the trainer. I would love to talk with you about how to counter this narrative—and a court hearing can be a great way to educate people about the issues, as it will be covered by the media.
Not quite my kind of thing, DB. But Mark Silbert's suggestions warrant being looked into, I think...
Glenn: Thanks for your response. I have reached out to FAIR, and am waiting to hear back. But, may I make an additional plea, and expand on your comments about your fear that DEI will cause a white backlash--and this ties into my plea for help in this case. The danger is not white backlash from this dystopian theology. Once the Left realizes that DEI is not going be effective in increasing its control over the deplorables, it will go on to another method of control: probably climate change. What will be left is not backlash, but an increase in the chasm between white and black Americans that will have a devastating effect on both communities. I grew up in a "deplorables" household, with "deplorable" friends and neighbors, and my 40 plus years of litigation practice has been representing mostly what the patroons call the "deplorables". My conclusion: people I know and represent are, despite the patroons' claims, far less bigoted, and kinder and more compassionate than their betters. So the problem is not white backlash but this: DEI infantilizes Black Americans by claiming that Blacks cannot be successful unless Whites change the entire structure of our society. It is neo white Supremacy--and it has to be debilitating to members of the Black community. It will also result in whites treating Black Americans like some kind of exotic subspecies one has to be careful not to offend--and will reduce chances at human connections that are essential to success in any field. The trainer in my case told state employees that racism is "omnipresent", in "every nook and cranny" of our society, and "in everything". She denigrated the Black community by only focusing on Black criminal suspects. The only Black American of accomplishment she mentioned was Candace Owens, whom she said was an example of "internalized racism", and an "idiot." The State's response to our complaint is to agree with the theories promoted by the trainer. I would love to talk with you about how to counter this narrative—and a court hearing can be a great way to educate people about the issues, as it will be covered by the media.
DB: I'm at glenn_loury@brown.edu. Let's "talk." GL