Presently, progressives have slid a new socialist concept into our economy. DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion) will undermine the traditional American virtue of hiring the best person dedicated to doing their duties to the greatest extent of their abilities. What made America great was we did not care what race, ethnic group, or socioeconomic class you were from. Instead, it was the economic worth you brought to your employer, your own business or large corporation. It was the work ethic of the owner and/or the employee that brought success to the business.
It does not matter what the person or group of people wants to accomplish; a DEI social system is a formula for failure. Any team that wants to win a competition strives to pick the best teammates to accomplish the goal of winning. The team does not pick teammates for diversity, equality, or inclusion. They pick those who have the best talents or high motivation levels and do not pick just anyone who fits the DEI requirements. Obviously, they want people who can win and augment the best players, giving the team the best chance at winning.
“Diversity, Equality and Inclusion” is a social goal. It is not supposed to enhance the chances of winning or even to improve the group. DEI is a goal that is supposed to improve society by increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion in our society.
It may be interesting to live in a society that holds DEI as extremely important to its cultural value system. It would appear that diversity, equity, and inclusion would personally apply to each and every member of this society. This would substantiate that every citizen would be guaranteed equal acceptance in this type of society. The problem with DEI is not only with its over-promising but with how a society accomplishes this utopian progressive goal.
This “pipedream,” like all previous others, is nonsensical and needs to be rejected on its outrageous over-reach. We know everyone is unique, having strengths, and weaknesses as compared to others. These factors as well as social, intellectual, economic, and family background ensures that no one will be a duplicate of another. In fact, each person is unique.
DEI can sound great but in practice would never happen nor would it be a positive for society. Presently we are free to make our own choices and follow our own decisions. Our present society promotes freedom of individual choice and hopefully will never morph into a totalitarian one that arbitrarily determines winners and losers.
DEI will fail as an experiment. What made America great is our meritocracy to ensure the quality of our economy and society.
An example of DEI going awry was seen at the near assassination of former President Trump. There were two average size women on the Secret Service team who were not able to cover the body of the president no matter how hard they tried. The men on the team had large, tall bodies and were able to do the job of protecting the larger body of the 6-foot-2-inch-tall president while the smaller women left him exposed.
America has been a nation where it was not very important who you knew or what political or religious group you belonged to as long as you did the job well. The excellence of your total performance is what counted. Merit in performing one’s duties is the best overall criterion in judging a person’s advancement or reason to even hold a job.
Domenick Maglio, PhD. is a columnist carried by various newspapers and blogs, an author of several books and owner/director of Wider Horizons School, a college prep program. Dr. Maglio is an author of weekly newspaper articles, INVASION WITHIN and the latest book entitled, IN CHARGE PARENTING In a PC World. You can see many of Dr. Maglio’s articles at www.drmaglioblogspot.com.
