The Marxist Roots of DEI - Session 1: Equity | James Lindsay

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives have taken over the country, reaching into every aspect of our work, school, and lives. What is "DEI," though? New Discourses founder James Lindsay explains the idea and its history in unprecedented depth in this new series from an in-person workshop in Miami, Florida, breaking down each of the three letters in detail. What we'll find is that it's a contemporary and managerial repackaging of socialism.

In this first episode of the series, Lindsay dives into the concept at the center of DEI: Equity. It is not possible to understand DEI initiatives without realizing that equity is what drives them. Equity is the goal of all DEI programs, which is to say that DEI programs exist to force captive audiences of people to achieve "equitable" redistribution of resources, status, and wealth according to neo-Marxist Identity Theories like Critical Race Theory. Equity is an administered political economy in which shares are adjusted so that citizens are made equal, including shares of social and cultural capital. In other words, it's an expansion of socialism. Once we understand what equity is about, the purposes of "Diversity" and "Inclusion" initiatives become clear. Join James Lindsay as he walks you through the roots and true meaning of "Equity."

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[literalvampirepotbellygobl]

Equality is treating people the same, so that everyone can become unique. Equity is treating people different, so that everyone will become the same.

[abramgaller]

The worst thing about DEI is the nullification of academic, vocational, social, and life skills.

[rhettjonke]

This man is who and what we need right now. No anger or hand wringing, just an intellectual and informed man explaining the terror that we are living through

[Pwecko]

I am six minutes in, and already I can tell that this is an extremely important video. It feels like I'm being fed after suffering a long period of near-starvation.

[jirislavicek]

I have huge admiration for James. I can feel how much he hates the stuff, but yet he bravely dives into every little detail of it.

[lilliansheriff]

I worked as a teachers assistant in a middle school SPED class. I experienced exactly what you explained. I didn't shut up and was kicked out.

[Clipzyfnz]

I'm black and I'm really loving ur discourses u open my eyes

[runcmt]

This DEI stuff is everywhere. I was a volunteer for the National Ski Patrol for over 30 years. About 2 years ago they decided the organization was too male and too white. They commissioned a DEI study by a trio of 20-something consultants. One of the mandates that came out of the study was that we must address each first aid patient with their preferred pronouns and giver ours I was pushed out when I said I was not comfortable with that.

[SpicyMeataball]

The short section about; "is having a special ed class segregationist?" Hit a little close to home.
I was in special ed for a learning disability, but the goal was to integrate me to a normal class through study and work.
Basically, I had to meet the standards of a normal class. Luckily through enough hard work, I was able to integrate with these normal classes and earn a diploma and not a GED upon graduation.

I can't imagine the utter nightmare of dumbing down a whole regular class, just to be more "equitable" for my individual situation; but that's the goal of DEI and now we're seeing not people hired on merit of their work, but on what boxes they tick.
The end result is a kleptomanic weirdo in goverment level Nuclear Waste management, who steals women's dresses from the luggage claim at air ports.

[ellie]

Diversity, equity and inclusion or as *I* call it, Division, Exclusion and Inequity.... that's what it is in reality

[griffzero]

James is getting a lot better at explaining these ideas

[-d-e-m]

I did this at my job. I challenged my employer on a study, and ultimately, they agreed I was correct. I dug in and found inconsistencies.

[Ermengrabby]

My mother had a word for discernment — she called it your “crap detector, ” and our responsibility as we grew up was to develop one.

[adamorly]

I'm a little late to the party, but I've been devouring James' lectures over the last two weeks. This has been unbelievably helpful because, where I work, the DIE religion has become central to everything. I've noticed that when I ask them to define terms like "decolonization" they avoid the question and put it off like crazy. It has been so confusing but now I think I understand what they are doing much better. We need more of these kinds of videos!!!

[retpal]

"The Idea of Social Justice is that the State Should Treat People Unequally to Make them Equal."

[chrisullman]

I think the question that needs to be put to all universities that have DEI programs and officers is this: why doesn’t all of your athletic programs and teams practice DEI?

[robinfox]

The "hot seat" sessions you describe from DEI training sound scarily like the Struggle Sessions of Mao's China.

[zoltanrudolf]

Ladies and gentleman, James Lindsay is an American national treasure in the making.

[Markpaul]

The push for equity in my business is terrifying and evil, I work for a top 100 company at a senior level. This guy is absolutely on point, communism in business.

[newdiscourses]

This video from our workshop is available early for members. It will be released publicly on Monday, March 13, 2023.