Discriminatory “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” (DEI) policies have been enshrined in virtually every major American institution for more than a decade now. While conservatives have made some laudatory progress in turning the cultural tide against DEI, the fallout on the American economy and, even more devastatingly, the American family, is only just beginning.
This week, Compact Magazine published what may be the most important long-form essay of the year. “The Lost Generation,” authored by aspiring screenwriter and odd-jobs aficionado Jacob Savage, describes in specific, heartbreaking detail the economic carnage that DEI has wrought on young men, and young white men in particular.
Savage provides staggering statistics on the race and gender-based overhaul of hiring practices in journalism and academia to highlight how DEI has fundamentally transformed the American workplace:
- In 2011, 48 percent of lower-level TV writers in Los Angeles were white men; by 2024, that dropped to 11.9 percent.
- In 2021, new hires at media giant Condé Nast were just 25 percent male and 49 percent white.
- That same year, at NPR – funded by taxpayer dollars – 78 percent of new hires were non-white.
- Since 2020, only 7.7 percent of Los Angeles Times interns have been white men...
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