Under the Biden administration, huge sums of money have been going to consulting firms promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs. Just how much money has been investigated by Christopher Rufo. More on what he has uncovered can be found here: “Government Spending Aimed at Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Efforts Has Exploded Under Biden Administration,” by Perry Chiaramonte, New York Sun, November 22, 2024:
Consulting firms that helped to push forward the diversity, equity and inclusion agenda of the outgoing Biden Administration scored a windfall by capitalizing on the initiatives, according to a new report from the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research.
Senior Fellow Christopher Rufo says that a search of contracts, grants, and other programs that mentioned “diversity, equity, and inclusion” shows that the firms netted more than $1 billion from federal contracts last year.
The author’s findings show a rapid increase from 2019, when the federal government spent only $27 million in contracts that mention diversity and inclusion.
But after the death of George Floyd in 2020, the federal government and private contractors went all-in on DEI, seeking to implement the Biden administration’s ‘whole-of-government’ equity agenda,” Mr. Rufo writes in an article for The Manhattan Institute’s publication, City Journal….
Starting on January 20, President Trump’s administration will undo the DEI madness, especially in the nation’s schools, one federal grant at a time. Schools that have been engaging in racial discrimination in order to promote “diversity, equity, and inclusion” will be sued for civil rights violations; those schools that have received federal money for DEI programs will be taxed on those DEI endowments. And the federal financial spigot, that under Biden was providing $1 billion a year to promote all DEI programs, will be turned off. One more reason January 20 can’t come soon enough.
Rick Gordon says
Unbelievable – $1B for common sense management – that I was taught 60 years ago. Consulting is a tough business. You are working to help the client achieve the organization’s stated goals. The management that promotes such nonsense is who I fault – not the consultants hired.
Jacob Kovalio says
Dear Mr. Fitzgerald, you together with Mr Ruffo and Professors Sowell , McWorther, Peterson and Spencer deserve full recognition and profuse thanks as the indispensible intellectual and media Truth Warriors fighting back against what I call “the DEI insurrection”, as well as rabid anti-Americanism, anti-Westernism, anti-white misandrism and rabid antisemitism.
My own videos “On the DEI insurrection in Canada and beyond: an ‘intersectional’ analysis” (90 minutes) and ” On anti-Zionist [politically antisemitic] historical lies and the Islamist/Leftist challenge to democracy: the full truth in 20 slides,” (56 minutes) are at Jacob Kovalio- You Tube/manage videos.
Bexarkat says
My questions will certainly be tagged a racist, but do those politicians who insist that DEI is a worthy effort really believe that black people cannot excel on merit?
gravenimage says
Where the Money Goes: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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Just insanity.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
I watched the Matt Walsh movie a few weeks ago – “Am I racist?” I liked how for every interaction w/ anybody, the price tag 🏷 of the interaction was listed at the start of each encounter. Matt later told Joe Rogan that one of the main objectives of the movie was to demonstrate how these “anti-racist” programs are scams, so the more anyone requested, they were happy to pay it, and then expose that in the movie
I think HR is a profession begging to be automatized. Back in the day, HR departments existed, and we didn’t question them b’cos we needed people to onboard, off board people, arrange our health insurance packages and so on. But in more recent years, since they otherwise are too idle, they came out w/ those DEI initiatives that have done a lot of damage not only in society at large, but also to their employers. Today, companies are quietly getting rid of these initiatives, but they need to take a good look at the people in their organizations who ever thought it was a good idea
Ralph says
America should be a meritocracy. First, last and always.