General Discussion

Even here in CA. It doesn’t mean Californians will vote for a quack like ward Connelly, but enough polls have shown little support for race based affirmative action.

The problem with DEI is that most (whites especially) perceived it as rebranded affirmative action. It didn’t help that corporations and HR departments never made clear what the purpose of these programs was. It just became a box to check or a stamp of approval by Blackrock or whoever to sell a feel good, but otherwise useless financial product.

There was a real push for some racial justice after Floyd’s murder and I think in the aftermath, a different approach would have helped. Was it really necessary to explicitly state he would name X or Y demographic as his VP and SC pick? I doubt it was. In stating this, it also diminished Harris, who from then on was tagged as the “DEI hire”.

The reality is few people in the general public like HR, and somewhere along the way, democrats become the party of HR.