My understanding is that DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) has been a voluntary policy mostly used by companies to level the playing field in making fair hiring decisions. In some quarters it has become a smear used to refer to the forced hiring of otherwise unqualified individuals.
It is now being used in a derogatory manner to refer to presidential candidate Kamala Harris as a "DEI hire" (a dog-whistle shorthand for an unqualified, undeserving minority female hire). In their rush to find a way to disparage her, they have neglected a simple inconvenient truth: Harris was elected to her offices first in San Francisco and then statewide in California.
PRESTON HOLTON?
New Orleans