DEI Part 2

Of late in America there is a campaign to get rid of DEI in all of its iterations in our educational institutions and in the marketplace both the public and private sectors.

Ignore this siren call, In fact one should challenge and construct a detailed series of facts and documents that establish the utility of DEI while also addressing in detail the arguments against DEI.

Rather than summarily dismiss those who articulate the sometimes hateful rhetoric that DEI is not necessary and in some twisted narrative is anti White and UnAmerican and  not needed in a post racial America. One constructive approach would be to enlist those who oppose DEI in articulating what they believe is conducive for a united DEI reality and implementation in our nation, this strategy can mitigate friction with colaboration.

One of the hidden obstacles to DEI is often the inability of its proponents to make get pass the  proponents of the end of DEI in America as just a racial barrier they are not just conservatives but also progressives and religious types.

Those who occupy the C suites in America know that diversity and inclusion are productive and has profitable utility but that alone is not sufficient. Yes coordination of political cheerleading is necessary in the still fading Trump Era of America.

In this strategy there opportunities for on line dialogues, meet and greet DEI centered topics and collective intercultural, interracial and class and religious exchanges that highlight DEI.

The end objective is the continuation of the evolution of America  with the realization there simply cannot be America without DEI.

The War against Academic Freedom

The critics of Academic Freedom forced the resignation of its historic Black Woman President simply because she declared genocide was wrong for all people instead of expressly stated Jewish people!!!

MAGA platforms in America contributed to the false and destructive narrative that antisemitism was everywhere in America and that Black Americans were inherently antisemitic despite millions of Black Americans around the world R Jewish!!

Presently in our Congress the House Education Committee is conducting a national witch hunt to label and discredit students, professors , organizations who are critical of Israel’s inhumane war in Gaza against Palestinians.

This hunt for people who value open dialogue and constructive criticism of Israel is both UnAmerican and shameful. It is a direct assault on the principles of Academic Freedom and it seeks to silence rigorous debates on the ethics of War against people who simply want to live but are viewed as the enemy of the nation of Israel because they are Palestinians 

The campaign to conflate Palestinians as Hamas is just as wrong as the campaign to conflate criticism of Israel as antisemitism and end Academic Freedom in our Colleges and Universities in America 

Greg/BLM

Not Equivalent

 This equation will never be equal nor equivalent 

1700 Israeli deaths = 30,000+ Palestinians deaths

The endless excuses, deflections, ridiculous rationality, narratives, conflation of Hamas with Palestinians will never make this equation true or equal nor Right

When I add the destruction, displacement and violence associated to this equation it only gets more unequal

Biden, Trump , MAGA, Apologists for Israel can’t make this equation equal

4 too long Palestinians lives have not been equal to Israelis

The same truth existed in America for centuries and to some degree it still does … Black Lives don’t Equal White Lives

Black Americans stand with Palestinians 

Greg/BLM

Words are not enough

 Words are not Enough (c)

When I don’t have the words to compose my love 4 U.. I still love U

When I can’t remember a poem or a sonnett to whisper all the wonderful ways U make me feel … I still love U….

When I forget a memory or a moment in time when love occupied the distance between and @us.. I still love U…. 

When hardships and difficult words are shared between U and I … I still love U….

When I believe I can’t do anything Right and all that I do is wrong… I grab U and wrap my self around U … I know then that U still love me R…

Leadership

Many of my Jewish friends and family are ashamed of the politics of the lobbyists 4 Israel from their attacks on Black Elected Officials who condemn the inhumane war in Gaza by Israel to the curated and vile campaign that conflates Black Americans as Anti- Semitic 

It is extremely disturbing on so many levels and layers of the relations between Black Americans and Jewish Americans in our country 

Black Americans created the Civil Rights Movement in America where Jewish-Americans and others have benefited from … Black Americans have contributed to the wealth of many Jewish Americans in a variety of enterprises and relationships in America which has not come close to being reciprocal 

To observe MAGA/ Conservatives influence over prominent Jewish Americans is quite disturbing 

Thankfully the most powerful Jewish American in our Congress finally stepped up and condemned the war monger leader of Israel while also advocating for elections is Israel was truly transformative and long overdue

Greg/BLM

‘State Rights’ Redux

 Only in America is there celebrations over the end of programs that seek to promote, improve and affirm diversity, equity and inclusion in our country 

Once again the racist governance policy of ‘State Rights’ is now the law in Florida a state with a inhumane legacy towards minorities especially Black Americans that hung from the trees in Florida under the ‘color of law’ in Florida

The government of Florida is in violation of not only numerous federal civil rights regulations but also the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution 

This pass week the SCOTUS ruled that a state in America cannot overturn a Constitutional Amendment 

The implementation of ‘State Rights’ that denies the constitutional protections of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness includes the the governance objectives of DEI ‘s programs, protocols and policies is a violation of our US Constitution 

I expect the US Constitution will reject the State of Florida’s unlawful termination of its DEI program, protocols and governance objectives 

P I looks forward to supporting Black plaintiffs in Florida and their lawsuits against Florida arising out of this blanket violation of their 14th Amendment rights.

Big Ben Racial Clock

Our country has experienced centuries of racism in very iteration, form, shape and structure and reality. In our country there has been various reactions to the racism including individual objections to public organizations engaging in activities and policies which seek to end racism in our society 

One recent approach has been in the corporate and public sector in the work place, where company and other institutions in our country have created formal policies, procedures, protocols to end racism in their operations and staffing practices programs and related activities and services

DEI stands for diversity, equity, and inclusion. It's the umbrella term for the programs, policies, strategies, and practices that implement a company's mission to create and sustain a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment that respects and accommodates every employee's: Ethnicity.

DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION, is the objective and platforms and processes and programs are now under attack by Americans who reject DEI and other initiatives that enhance and encourage DEI 

DEI is a logical and natural extension of the CR Movement in America, it takes centuries of change to overcome centuries of White Supremacy and Racial Regressive policies, politics and behaviors etc etc etc 

My favorite metaphor is the Big Ben one I created years ago in my lectures on the racial underdevelopment of White America 

‘It is now 23 hours and 45 minutes in the racial underdevelopment in America under the stewardship of White America , Black America and Minorities have 15 minutes to engage in racial transformative change before a new day begins in the racial narrative of America 

From the Civil Rights Era to now the DEI Era of America the nation ‘s racial clock is ticking 

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