The hard news on the mission of diversity and inclusion among those excluded for centuries: “President Donald Trump’s administration has ordered all federal DEI personnel to be placed on paid leave and possibly laid off. He also decided to end affirmative action in federal contracts.
Remember: the rich have their own DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) and it’s called “relationships“. But while the “D” of “DEI” is being dismantled in Washington DC, the “C” is already gaining momentum. How else to explain why TikTok is given preferential treatment against a written and affirmed law of the United States. Isn’t that “woke” and an even more dangerous part?
People, all politicians are the same; they just have their prejudices. For this era, the game plan is: remove the “D” from DEI, designed to allow qualified but excluded people in, and elevate “connections” so illegal businesses can stay in business. It is the same all over the world, whether it is Nigeria, USA or Canada, the biggest awakening is “connections” and not D in “DEI”. Wokeness means that laws are suspended to allow big companies and fund groups to speak out against the clear laws of the land because they have connections.
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We, the little people, don’t have these connections and are excluded, but most of us rejoice because it is bold to sue Harvard to stop admitting 2% blacks because he is “woke”, but “it’s a matter” to suspend the laws. to keep the divided companies in business.
Don’t tell me diversity is bad where before us “connections” are high with TikTok. Between D and C, C is a more toxic awakening even if you fail to see the irony of our inconsistencies when we fight minorities, only to give FREELY to big business and connected people, rejecting the rule of law.
And on WhatsApp and Twitter, Nigerians are hailing the TikTok hiatus as if they would praise it if Tinubu had done a similar act for Dangote. What open irony as humans praise connections and degrade diversity!
Trump launching law against TikTok shows the power of political economy 101
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