DEI in LA

 

Besides the obvious direct diminution of quality in organizations that hire and promote based on diversity and equity rather that ability, performance, and effectiveness, there are important, sometimes subtle, secondary harmful effects.

Esprit matters in groups or organizations, especially when working on something tough or difficult. So does a hard, masculine ethos (which women certainly can and do adopt) of competence and getting the job done. The sort of things that have gone on in California damage the first and reject the second. Preaching the hardcore DEI/leftist stuff of condemning logical thinking, objectivity, can do attitudes, and urgency as evil attributes of white supremacy would make things  even worse. I think there has been some of that in California as well.

None of this caused the fires, but it is a good guess that it may have made them worse.