Racist dog whistle: the right wing has weaponized ‘DEI’
Racist dog whistle: the right wing has weaponized ‘DEI’
The decades-old term is about egalitarianism – but conservatives have turned it into a three-letter profanity
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So Republicans are ok without wheelchair ramps being mandated, or wide doors, or handicap parking spots?
Yes. They actually really love complaining about those things "killing small businesses back in my home town"
I mean… to be fair, they got the W on that one. Obviously the ADA was bipartisan but Bush signed it into law
BUT inclusion is different when you can’t infantalize the disabled. Now we’re talking about able bodied people who they can’t write off as insert insult or slur for people with disabilities here
The disabled community got that win. Bush was forcefed heaping piles of bad publicity by protesting disabled people. They worked damn hard to put that bill in front of him and apply the right kind of pressure to make sure he fucking signed. Sure, he took the win as the politicians always do but that win firmly belongs to the disabled community.
Sure, I just meant the win politically