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[Replaced_Texan]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

Agreed on ETA point. But as an experiment, talk about Bernie with some upper middle class decently educated folks you know. There's a sharp recoiling. They'll argue he just isn't realistic, or he can't win. This translates to, "I'm all for forced social change, but not the kind that will impact me."

The same people we all know who will talk up these "efforts at equity" are the same people who'll ask you to write a letter to help their kid get into a school. "You know a guy on the alumni board, right?" The same people who hire SAT tutors for their kids. The same folks who pull up all the ladders behind them, but excuse all of that by observing the catechism of "equity policies."

And their MAGA opponents are almost identically similar. Singing you an endless song about the forgotten rural "left-behinds." Hillbilly Elegy fans. But then ask them, "Where were you folks for the last hundred years while poverty raged in the inner cities?"

It's all the same song: "Equity forced on thee, but not upon me."

I think it's no secret I work for a public institution of higher education in the state of Texas in arguably the most diverse city in the country. The legislature just banned all DEI activities on campuses. It's really hard and heartbreaking to dismantle some really amazing programs which have made for a more interesting and productive student body and workforce. And we're going to lose good people because of it.

Last April, I was on a search committee and one of the short list candidates told us she was attracted to us because of our commitment to diversity. I internally wept because I knew this bill was on the tracks.