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It is a fact that after WWII, the GI Bill helped millions of veterans go to college and get degrees and also helped them secure housing through no down payment low interest loans. It is a fact that over 1 million African Americans served in the armed forces during WWII, but very few (less than 70,000) were able to access college help and of the suburbs built for veterans often had a clause that the owner couldn't sell to a 'colored' family. There are still deeds with this language written into it.
In the 1950's there were signs on businesses saying, "Help wanted: whites only." In 2004, a study was done with the exact same resumes except the first names of Greg and Emily instead of Jamal and Lakisha out to real businesses. Greg and Emily got 50% more calls for interviews than Jamal and Lakisha.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI that communist plot) is a way to make things more equitable for all Americans, not just those who have been lucky enough to been born 'white.' The critics and the falsehood believe that if a white person loses a job to this DEI, they were more qualified than whoever the 'other' person was. To believe that the 'white' person is always better qualified is racist. And when it is shown to happen over and over again in a bias, it is systemic racism.
Our current President blamed the at least one of the plane crashes on DEI hires, even before anything was known. This is racist. Turns out that all were 'white' in those connected to the crash.
DEI is a correction to a system that is already rigged and has been since the beginning of our country when African slaves were counted as 3/5 of a person and had no rights. When 'white' people stop seeing BIPOC people as someone 'less', and corrections and reparations have been made, then we can say, "All lives matter!" and fulfill our pledge for "liberty and justice for all."
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