āDEI hireā has become the latest insult to Black success,Ā and presumptive Democratic nominee Kamala Harris isnāt exempt.
An insult uttered in schools and boardrooms about many marginalized people has a new high-profile target: Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.
āI think sheās one of the weakest candidates Iāve ever seen in the history of our country. I mean intellectually, just really kind of the bottom of the barrel. ā¦ I think that she was a DEI hire,ā Rep.Ā Harriett Hageman, a Wyoming Republican, saidĀ of Harris.
Earlier this month, Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn.,Ā said on X that the news mediaĀ had āpropped upā Biden, and then ādumped him for our DEI vice president.ā
For Black diversity, equity and inclusion professionals, the attacks on Harris as a āDEI hireā or a āDEI candidateā show the ways racial tropes can be used against Black people in power, despite their successes. Burchett and Hageman did not respond to requests for comment from NBC News.
āIs this other person better than me, in policy and intellect? Let me throw insults and derogatory statements at them to bring them down a few pegs. Thatāll make them cry at night and show my constituents I am superiorā
And the constituents hop onboard because they are angry, hate filled, depressed people that have been led to believe that all the problems in their lives are because of someone else, and are unable to be introspective and deal with the emotional pain that brings them to hate so much.