Diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”) advocates are in retreat, and we’re all better off as a result. For more on that, please read the related comments of black leaders who are part of the National Center for Public Policy Research’s Project 21, who recently published a piece titled: “Rolling Back DEI Rewards Black Americans Instead of Crippling Them.” (In the interest of full disclosure, I am the Executive Director of the National Center’s Free Enterprise Project.) However, DEI advocates are activists at heart and will accordingly not retreat quietly. One of the counter attacks they routinely employ is to cite “unconscious bias” as a justification for DEI. However, as explained below, unconscious bias provides no legitimate justification for DEI.
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