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Quiet Em

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Fri Jan 10, 2025, 12:20 PM Jan 10

"stop trying to act as if only white men are the ones that are capable" [View all]

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), however, immediately pushed back on the Trump-boosting pundit’s suggestion, adding that she was “so tired” of conservatives finding a way to blame DEI.

“Because you are a woman or because — because I know that some of the right has been sharing these photos of the fact that I believe that the fire chief may be a woman or something — that has nothing to do with it,” she said. “We are looking at qualifications. What diversity, equity, and inclusion has always been about is saying, ‘You know what, open this up. Don’t just look at the White men. Open it up and recognize that other people can be qualified.’”


“The fact is, stop trying to act as if only white men are the ones that are capable because right now, you’re sitting at a table with three very capable Black women,” she declared.


https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/california-fires-cause-dei-scott-jennings-b2676610.html

Seriously, all these MAGA creeps screaming about DEI might as well just come out and say "I'm sexist and I'm racist", because that is what they are actually saying and I'm pretty freaking tired of it.
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