OPINION: While racists have weaponized the term, it’s time we recognize the white people who pioneered the position of “diversity hires.”
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Following an “on-air insurrection,” NBC News has reportedly overturned the will of the people who elected to hire an election-denying, vote suppressor who targeted Black voters in Donald Trump’s scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential race.
“I have decided that Ronna McDaniel will not be an NBC News contributor,” wrote NBCUniversal News Chairman Cesar Conde in a staff memo obtained by The Daily Beast. “No organization, particularly a newsroom, can succeed unless it is cohesive and aligned. Over the last few days, it has become clear that this appointment undermines that goal.”
NBC’s reversal follows the network’s decision to pay the former Republican National Committee Chairwoman $300,000 as an on-air contributor. The agreement sparked a “vocal revolt” among the on-air talent in the network’s broadcast news division, as well as its cable counterpart, MSNBC. Rachel Maddow, Joy Reid, Joe Scarborough and Chuck Todd all voiced their displeasure over working with one of the architects of “The Big Lie.”
Another “diversity hire” bites the dust.
Merriam-Webster defines diversity as “the condition of having or being composed of differing elements…especially the inclusion of people of different races.” However, according to Elon Musk and people who successfully reengineered newer, whiter definitions of “woke,” critical race theory and racism, a “diversity hire” is an incompetent employee who snatched a position from a more qualified Caucasian because of anti-white diversity policies. To white people, any Black person who outranks a white man must be a diverse hire, including airline pilots, medical doctors…
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