> Notice how literally every single problem in our country is “caused by DEI” now?

> It helps because it’s easier to solve fake problems with fake solutions instead of real ones.

This is a strawman and implying their fight against a bigoted ideology isn’t a legitimate thing to do. You are in fact shaming them for standing up against a bigoted praxis.

> Scapegoating politically and culturally disempowered groups is super useful to such movements.

This is incorrect - they’re not scapegoating minorities: they’re condemning an elite philosophy, advocated by some of the most powerful institutions in the country.

Institutions that appropriated minority voices as a shield against criticism — as you’ve done here, by your conflation.

I guess OP is referring to stuff like Trump's baseless claims that DEI was a factor in the recent plane crash. I hope we can agree that that's an absurd position regardless of our own perspective on DEI.

Part of the staffing shortage in air traffic control is their (now discontinued) policy of not hiring qualified whites. A class-action related to that was filed in 2019 and expected to head to trial soon.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/diversity-hiring-cost-job-faa-081...

A single person's allegation of being passed over is a long way from proving that DEI policies contributed to staffing shortages. Moreover the audio from the recordings shows that the helicopter was warned and advised to avoid the plane, suggesting that staff shortages were not a crucial factor.

It’s a class action, ie, not a single plaintiff.

If you want to discuss the helicopter in particular, there’s also questions why a pilot who had been in multiple desk jobs for multiple years was flying a high risk route like that — and the possible reasons the military promoted her and allowed her to attempt this with questionable competency.