Current Events > Conservatives are basically using DEI as a slur at this point.

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https://www.npr.org/2024/04/04/1242294070/baltimore-key-bridge-mayor-brandon-scott-racist-attacks

While there is a decades-long history of institutions implementing policies to seek fairness for minorities, the phrase DEI grew in popularity, and controversy, particularly after the 2020 murder of George Floyd and subsequent national conversations about the way non-white Americans are treated compared to their white counterparts.

But as the attacks on Baltimore and its mayor spread, many Black social media users drew humor from what they saw as a coded way to attack minorities simply by virtue of their skin color.

"They're really calling the Baltimore Mayor a DEI Mayor," one X (formerly Twitter) user wrote with a laughing emoji. "Just say slurs at that point bro."

Another mused: "They used to be Lyndon B. Johnson with the slurs straight to ya face. Now, they hide behind terms they don't even know."

As backlash against the backlash rose, many jokingly "reclaimed" the term DEI, as a stand-in for the less socially acceptable N-word.

In an interview with MSNBC's Joy Reid, Scott acknowledged that he had seen the attacks on his administration and pushed back against accusations that he had been handed his role simply based on his race.

Wearing a purple "From Baltimore With Love" hoodie, Scott put his own spin on the term.

"What they mean by 'DEI,' in my opinion, is duly elected incumbent. We know what they want to say. But they don't have the courage to say the N-word," Scott said.

HylianFox posted...

"What they mean by 'DEI,' in my opinion, is duly elected incumbent. We know what they want to say. But they don't have the courage to say the N-word," Scott said.

Fuckin' nice

Baltimore's mayor is 100% correct here. Everyone knows the ever-changing language used in the endless whining of the US right is just substitutes for the racist shit they really want to say.

Just like the real "loss of God" problem for these asswipes is the end of lynchings as a public festival.

DrizztLink posted...

Fuckin' nice

Yes, please. Make them fucking say it.

They will straight up go back to saying slurs, just as soon as someone braver than them starts it first.

Did anyone ever doubt what they were implying when they say DEI?

they can't even make sense when they try to be 'subtly' racist. baltimore elected their mayor, he won a primary and general election

Yeah, they did the same thing with woke

Politically Correct/PC
Social Justice Warrior/SJW
Woke
Now it's DEI

Irs funny how they all unanimously move on when they realise they eventually make themselves look stupid by overusing the word so much.

Punished_Blinx posted...

Politically Correct/PC
Social Justice Warrior/SJW
Woke
Now it's DEI

Irs funny how they all unanimously move on when they realise they eventually make themselves look stupid by overusing the word so much.

they all get their marching orders from the same grifters

Punished_Blinx posted...

Politically Correct/PC
Social Justice Warrior/SJW
Woke
Now it's DEI

Irs funny how they all unanimously move on when they realise they eventually make themselves look stupid by overusing the word so much.

You forgot CRT.