By establishing this framing, the Right - with a massive assist from anti-“woke” centrists and liberals - has successfully obscured the reactionary political project they are pursuing here: To undo every step towards egalitarian democracy this country has taken since at least the 60s.
People who follow politics mainly through mainstream papers, NPR, etc have been conditioned to react negatively to “DEI” - even though it’s highly unlikely they have a clear understanding of what that is. The widespread association is: That’s part of that crazy “woke” nonsense, things going too far.
Yes, the opportunity - the teachable moment - is to explain what these programs are, and why, specifically, the right are against them. Instead, media just keeps reflecting. To heal, media need to be educators of context.
