When a bridge collapsed in Baltimore in March 2024, Mayor Brandon Scott was derided as a “DEI Mayor,†a reference to diversity, equity and inclusion.

While the wildfires in Los Angeles were still burning earlier this year, some people looked at Karen Bass, the city’s first Black mayor, and Kristin Crowley, its first woman and openly gay fire chief, and blamed DEI for the disaster, with presidential sidekick Elon Musk declaring on his social media site, X, that “DEI means people DIE.â€

Diana Morose is a senior at Barry University majoring in communications and media studies. Currently, she serves as the copy editor for the Buccaneer, a student paper. This column was produced for Progressive Perspectives, a project of The Progressive magazine, and distributed by Tribune 69ÂÜÀò Service.

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