Is it time for DEI to D-I-E? I answer that question in The Daily Texan, UT’s newspaper of record. Read it here.
My more conservative readers may think that I somewhat understate the case. Fair enough, but given the audience of the paper I thought it best to focus primarily on how and why DEI fails on its own terms, with only a cursory discussion of whether those goals were desirable in the first place (short answer: sort of. Long answer: I’ll get back to you.) So if you want a tirade against DEI, this will likely disappoint, but if you want an analysis of why DEI fails even by the utility functions of most liberals, then I would highly recommend reading.
An interesting note on DEI is that generally, the proportion of media demand for my comment on DEI vastly exceeds what I would consider the ideal proportion. Easily 50% of request to me (as a YCT chairman) to do an interview, or go on the radio, or give a comment, etc. are tangentially related to DEI. This makes sense, given that people want the college student conservative leader’s take on DEI, where we are expected to be knowledgable and to have experience, as opposed to energy or economics, where we have no special expertise, but it still results in me talking more about DEI than my natural interest would incline me to do.
All this to say, I have spoken a fair bit on DEI, but most of those articles are too trivial to be posted here. However, if you want another take of mine on DEI, I would recommend this Campus Reform Article, which is more interesting insofar as it goes a bit more into depth on what I think the “root causes” of DEI are.