“…First, DEI will foster tribalism in the federal workforce. To be sure, human beings are hardwired for tribalism. There need not be an ideological difference for group biases and favoritism to form. Merely separating people into groups, even on the basis of arbitrary criteria, is enough to trigger our innate tribalism. We already see this phenomenon play out in rivalries between branches of the military and various agencies, be it for fun or for funding. The federal government often makes efforts, such as joint-duty assignments, to temper this tendency. But what happens when the government implements DEI, and federal employees are forced to see themselves not as members of bureaucratic factions, but as members of racial, sexual and other identity groups? What happens when educational and career opportunities are awarded or denied on the basis of group membership? Tribalism will build, and resentment will too. DEI also undermines our shared American identity and distracts from the missions of our federal agencies. Consider the now-infamous “woke” recruitment video produced by the Central Intelligence Agency, in which an officer unironically states: “I am a woman of color…. I am a cisgender millennial who’s been diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder. I am intersectional, but my existence is not a box-checking exercise.”… The result can be not only distracting but damaging. Practicing DEI in the federal government helps legitimize the anti-Americanism currently running rampant in our universities. For example, George Mason University—only miles from the Pentagon—is currently promoting books claiming that America is systemically and irredeemably racist, with the university’s provost declaring that “DEI is actually the core of what our university is about.” Last year, Georgia Tech, the 2021-22 NSA Codebreaker champion, hosted former Communist Party leader Angela Davis under the guise of DEI. The list goes on and on. University administrators are doing everything in their power to produce graduates who bear no allegiance to the United States—the first guideline for security clearance adjudications—and they are succeeding. One University of Pennsylvania doctoral candidate recently argued that “the notion of ‘freedom’…remains intertwined with Whiteness…. The belief that one is entitled to freedom is a key component of white supremacy.” If we lived in a sane society, the national security community would have already ceased recruiting from these institutions.”
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