As corporations flee DEI, Biden-Harris administration doubles down on efforts

The list of corporations that have abandoned the racist and sexual coercion known as diversity, equity, and inclusion is growing. It now includes Ford Motor Company, Harley-Davidson, Lowe’s, Brown-Forman, which makes Jack Daniel’s, John Deere, Molson-Coors, and Tractor Supply. But academia and the Biden-Harris administration refuse to budge.

For those parts of the corporate-free world, it is still 2020, and the sins of white supremacy, systemic racism, heteronormativity, disability discrimination, climate change, and settler colonialism still need to be atoned for.

The administration is effectively doubling down. For example, far from hanging their heads in shame over leaving two astronauts stranded in space and having to ask Elon Musk’s SpaceX, owner of the X, to retrieve them, Biden-Harris officials are now making continued NASA funding contingent on more “diversity statements.”

DEI development has been a priority for the administration from day one. Its first act was an executive order expanding DEI bureaucracies in every department or agency and requiring them to conduct a DEI assessment within 200 days of issuance. It was akin to the realization of author Ibram X. Kendi’s dream of a totalitarian “Department of Anti-Racism.”

The executive order made clear that the administration’s actions were in response to the Black Lives Matter unrest that has rocked the country for the past seven months.

“Our country is grappling with mounting economic, health, and climate crises that have exposed and deepened inequalities, while a historic movement for justice has drawn attention to the unbearable human costs of systemic racism,” the document reads.

That’s why the administration ordered NASA to include DEI testing when applying for funding.

“Some NASA science research opportunities are testing the addition of a required integration plan to help maintain a positive, inclusive work environment within proposal teams and to support the full participation and contribution of team members,” NASA told Fox News Digital.

Fox quoted NASA’s Amanda L. Nahm, a program specialist in the Planetary Science Division, as saying that proposals without an “inclusion” section would be rejected as “non-compliant proposals.”

In academia, look no further than George Mason University, a public university in Virginia that actually plays on its conservative reputation. When pressed about the growing consciousness at the school, especially in the office of its president, Gregory Washington, its defenders said the law school and economics department remain conservative.

GMU is, however, providing resources for the first-ever drag queen show to be held at Scalia Law School, named after famed conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.

The drag queen performance, which will take place at Mason Square Plaza on October 25th as part of the student group Outlaw, is supported by GMU Health Services, University Life and the LGBTQ Resource Center (i.e. the taxpayers of Virginia). Outlaw boasts that it will be the first drag queen performance at the law school.

What drag shows, or even a group called Outlaw, have to do with studying law remains a mystery — much like why the Washington Capitals hockey team agreed to sponsor a drag show.

But of course we don’t have to wonder about the motivations at work here. We should already know that the purpose of organizing drag queen shows everywhere, even in law schools where the performances may not appeal to everyone, is to make everyone accept the prevailing leftist orthodoxy.

However, at the corporate level, those responsible for creating shareholder value need to be more aware of the new saying: “wake up, go bankrupt.”

Therefore, Axial tells us that “Ford is “the latest major company to backtrack on DEI efforts under pressure from conservative critics.”

The news agency quoted CEO Jim Farley as saying in a letter to Ford employees that the legendary Detroit automaker would no longer participate in the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index.

HRC is a misnamed organization that serves as a protection racket to intimidate scared CEOs into accepting its equally misnamed index. Either they agree to sign on to the full LGBTQ agenda, including, notably, the transgender part, or…

Harley-Davidson, Lowe’s and Brown-Forman also recently said goodbye to CEI, the outlet reported. It noted that “Tractor Supply and John Deere have announced they will end or scale back previously announced DEI programs.”

Molson Coors is also abandoning CEI, according to National Review.

Of course, we can’t expect the George Soros-funded HRC to go down without a fight. Just last week, it issued a statement accusing Ford of abandoning “its commitment to hundreds of thousands of workers.”

HRC then returned to what it does best: using scare tactics.

“The Human Rights Campaign could not be more disappointed to see Ford Motor Company shirking its responsibility to its employees, consumers and shareholders. By failing to support female leaders, employees of color and LGBTQ+ employees, Ford Motor Company is abandoning its financial responsibility to recruit and retain the best talent from across its talent pool. When making purchasing decisions, consumers should remember that Ford Motor Company has abandoned its commitment to our communities,” the statement reads.

But Ford knows better than HRC what its shareholders and stakeholders need. If what the corporate world thinks people want is more in line with reality, politicians will soon feel the pressure.