The push for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives by the former Biden Administration hit all aspects of America, mostly in bad ways. Less qualified people were chosen over better qualified candidates simply due to race, and it created a new wave of poor quality in America.
One of the biggest examples of this was Boeing, who in their DEI hirings, employed substandard mechanics instead of legitimate ones. Whistleblowers sounded alarms about shoddy construction, and people who generally did not know what they were doing. All because they decided to hire based on race instead of merit.
But the DEI push also hit home for safety of Americans in their own cities. Police and fire departments were forced to hire subpar candidates, with slashed pay, and created a whole mess of issues.
John Lott of the Crime Prevention Research Center says one of the biggest problems was doing away with intelligence tests.
"The types of people you have are not able to fill out police reports...that in turn creates problems for prosecutions," he says.
That is not to say all minority hires are bad, because not all of them fall into that category. There are plenty of skilled officers out there.
But the whole idea of hiring based off skin color, instead of merit, creates a world where some are just clocking hours for a paycheck, and truly not care to protect and serve. Again, not in all case. But in many, this applies.
When you factor in lower literacy races potentially, and the problems that creates in writing police reports, you have a perfect storm.
"Not too surprisingly then, it becomes more difficult to catch people, then it becomes less risky for people to commit crimes, and you see higher crime rates."
The Trump Administration is trying its best to do away with any of these policies. They have taken executive action to ban such things. But undoing a tangled web of DEI initiatives takes time.
It takes even more time when some of the web is baked into the policies and have no intention to change them.
"A lot of these policies were already kind of locked in...it is difficult to undo what has already been done," says Lott.
The move away from DEI has taken its toll on Americans mentally and has taken its toll on safety. it may take some time to undo the mess that was created. But if we can get the wheels turning, American cities might finally be safer again.
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