The former Trump official joins a group of Republicans who have referred to the vice president as a diversity hire

The former Trump official joins a group of Republicans who have referred to the vice president as a diversity hire

Newsmax personality and former Trump aide Sebastian Gorka described Vice President Kamala Harris a “DEI hire” and “colored” in an interview on Tuesday.

In the segment, Gorka, himself accused of inflating his credentials as a terrorism expert, predicted that Biden will be forced to withdraw from the presidential race if major Democratic donors “pull the plug.”

      • redisdead@lemmy.world
        710·
        4 months ago

        Bigots will use it, sure. Other people too.

        Simply put DEI is racism and nothing good ever comes out of racism. It’s a piss poor solution. A band aid on a cancer tumor.

        Equality begins at birth. Education, healthcare, welfare, etc. should all be free and available to everyone. This is how you beat discrimination.

        When you’re a diversity hire, your talents and work will always be scrutinized harder than anyone else’s. Are you here because of your skills, or because you have the proper skin color and gender to fill the quota? It’s a struggle you will always deal with whether you like it or not.

        • Llamalitmus@lemmy.ca
          1·
          4 months ago

          I think provisional measures (“bandaid” solutions) should always come with an “until ____ is passed”. Because yes, it shouldn’t be how we have to do things. But while there isn’t the political will to do/get the thing that would actually help the situation, something needs to be done to mitigate the harm that already exists. For example, I don’t want to have to drink water from a dirty stream. That shouldn’t be the standard. But if I find myself in a situation where it’s that or to die of dehydration… restricting/denying the Band-Aid is essentially condemning them to the original harm

          • redisdead@lemmy.world
            1·
            4 months ago

            The problem with band aid solutions is that the actual necessary measures never happen because “well we put a band aid on it so it’s ok.”

        • Pandantic [they/them]@midwest.socialEnglish
          7·
          4 months ago

          Equality begins at birth. Education, healthcare, welfare, etc. should all be free and available to everyone. This is how you beat discrimination.

          You should have probably lead with that. You got downvoted because you sounded like another right-wing dei basher imo.