05-05-2025
Don't get it twisted: DEI has been a disaster
The April 27 letter to the editor has a misconception about what DEI entailed. When diversity, equity, and inclusion was established it encouraged organizations to place people in positions based on their sex, race, and gender ideology. The practice has been a disaster due to unqualified people being placed in critical positions. The people the letter writer worries about being erased from the history books, such as the Tuskegee Airmen, Kristin Griest, who successfully completed the Army Ranger School, and others were obviously extremely qualified for their positions, and I doubt will ever be erased from our history. DEI cost government and industry billions of dollars due to having unqualified, or under qualified people in important positions.
Jim Rich, Jupiter
This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: DEI concerns overblown when it comes to American history | Letter
