Bari Weiss has learned quickly. Just a few years ago, she was a generally “progressive” writer who had occasional disagreements with the leftist agenda of omnipotent government. Today, she sees clearly that the DEI movement is bent on wrecking the foundations of our civilization.
She writes brilliantly in this Tablet essay.
DEI, she grasps, is about power. It uses sweet-sounding phrases to hide its profoundly authoritarian nature. I particularly like this paragraph:
And the movement that is gathering all this power does not like America or liberalism. It does not believe that America is a good country—at least no better than China or Iran. It calls itself progressive, but it does not believe in progress; it is explicitly anti-growth. It claims to promote “equity,” but its answer to the challenge of teaching math or reading to disadvantaged children is to eliminate math and reading tests. It demonizes hard work, merit, family, and the dignity of the individual.
Read it and share it with anyone who cares about this country’s future.