Who Is NOT DEI?

What's up doc?

Some are still asking this confusing question. If we are talking about employment qualifications, the last time I checked, "DEI people" referred to disadvantaged individuals, regardless of race, creed, color, people of color, or religion. This group could also include anyone who has been left behind because of their identity: Black, Asian, Hispanic, and Native American people; economically disadvantaged white people; people with disabilities; women of all colors; military veterans; and others. Confused yet?

Some may ask how military veterans fall into the DEI category. The answer is simple: veterans receive extra consideration—sometimes in the form of points, as much as ten, on hiring exams—when applying for federal, state, and local government jobs. So, if all these people are considered DEI, then who is not?

By this logic, neither Tyler Perry, Oprah Winfrey, nor Jay-Z would qualify as DEI. So, the question remains: Who is DEI? I see Kristi Noem and Pam Bondi still working, and Kash Patel had no trouble getting a federal gig either. The common denominator for not being DEI could not possibly be intelligence, by any stretch of the imagination. Therefore, I can only conclude that "DEI" is either an undefined category or, perhaps, a figment of someone’s fanatical imagination.

If that is the case, then either no one is DEI, or everyone is DEI. Perhaps this is why we are facing so many challenges in our society today. Maybe we have eliminated too many DEI people—or perhaps they have simply been identified incorrectly. If we eliminate all DEI individuals, we will predominantly be left with people whose main qualification would be to appear in the Epstein files, or to be anyone covering them up, to be qualified run our nation. Everyone else would fall into the DEI classification. Maybe some are so confused that they actually believe this would be a good thing. What do I know?

I’m just John.