After aggressively pushing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in just about every facet of American life, the Left suddenly has decided it’s offensive to brag about one of DEI’s greatest successes: Vice President Kamala Harris.
Harris is the Democratic Party’s presumptive presidential nominee now that President Joe Biden is out of the race. But before she was the heir apparent, she was the first black female vice president ever, the primary example of the Left’s commitment to “diversity, equality, and inclusion.”
But don’t take it from me. Take it from Biden.
“To me, the values of diversity, equality, inclusion are literally — and this is not kidding — the core strengths of America. That’s why I’m proud to have the most diverse administration in history that taps into the full talents of our country. And it starts at the top with the vice president,” Biden said in May.
This is the same Biden who repeatedly and publicly said his running mate would “preferably … be someone who was of color and/or a different gender.”
Harris should take this as a very high compliment. After all, she’s helping make the Biden administration look more like the rest of America.
But for whatever reason, the Left has decided it’s “racist” and “sexist” to point out that Harris’s diverse features played a very big role in helping her land the job.
What other factor possibly could have persuaded Biden to choose her? It certainly wasn’t the fact that she dropped out of the 2020 Democratic primary after watching her campaign combust before the Iowa caucuses. Nor was it her insinuation during a 2020 primary debate that Biden was racist. She wasn’t a skilled politician, and she wasn’t exactly a friend to Biden. But she was a minority woman.
One might think the Left would be celebrating this, since the entire point of DEI is to elevate lesser-represented demographics simply for the sake of doing so. Instead, they’ve admitted the whole thing is a farce. Worse, it’s racist!
The Left can’t keep its story straight. Is DEI a vital part of the fight to rid America of systemic inequality or not? And if it is, then why is it such a bad thing for Harris to be associated with it?
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The answer is obvious. Like everyone else, the Left understands that it is far better for a candidate to have earned her position on the merits rather than because of some identity politics-driven hand-out. DEI emphasizes the latter, usually at the expense of merit.
Harris, the crowning jewel of DEI in American politics, is no exception. She’s a talentless politician who sometimes comes across as mediocre if she sticks to the teleprompter. And now Democrats are stuck with her.