Emmitt Smith backs the ‘Department of Expanding Ignorance’

Emmitt Smith and Ron DeSantis disagree about diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Smith, the NFL’s all-time leading rusher, believes DEI programs are essential to the success of his alma mater, the University of Florida. DeSantis, a Yale and Harvard grad and the sitting governor of Florida, believes DEI is toxic and should be eliminated.

Why is it OK for DEI zealots to take over HR departments? Why do they get to pass out $10,000 speaking fees to outside evangelists?

DeSantis last year signed a law that compelled the University of Florida to axe its 13-person DEI department, which took effect Friday. The act enraged Smith, the Dallas Cowboys great. He released an angry statement on Sunday:

I’m utterly disgusted by UF’s decision and the precedent that it sets. Without the DEI department, the job falls to the Office of the Provost, who already has their hands full, to raise money for the university and continue to advance the academic studies and athletic programs. We cannot continue to believe and trust that a team of leaders all made up of the same background will make the right decision when it comes to equality and diversity. History has already proven that is not the case. We need diverse thinking and backgrounds to enhance our University and the DEI department is necessary to accomplish those goals. Instead of showing courage and leadership, we continue to fail based on systemic issues and with this decision, UF has conformed to the political pressure of today’s time. To the many minority athletes at UF, please be aware and vocal about this decision by the University who is now closing the doors on other minorities without any oversight. And to those who think it’s not your problem and stay on the side lines [sic] and say nothing, you are complicit in supporting systemic issues.

Whom should we believe: the football player or the governor?

I believe the governor. That will put me at odds with many black people. We’ve been trained to evaluate all situations through the lens of race, not right and wrong. Emmitt Smith is black. DeSantis is white.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion allegedly benefits black people.

I don’t believe it does. It primarily convinces black people that their real expertise and contribution to society is managing the mindset of white people. It promotes a harmful codependency.

Years ago, I had a friend who was a mid-level editor at ESPN. He was not a good editor. He wrote poorly. He saw his strength as managing people and formulating ideas. He told me he would always have a job at ESPN because he could be a voice in the room that would stop a white executive from saying or doing something that was racist.

I asked: “That’s your strength? Stopping white people from revealing their bigotry?”

That’s the reality of DEI. It’s a department filled with blacks, the LGBTQ, and women who are in charge of managing the thoughts of white decision-makers. Their job is to impose and normalize a Marxist way of thinking on race, sexuality, and gender roles. It’s a cult. If you disagree with the DEI department, you’re labeled as racist, homophobic, transphobic, and/or misogynistic.

DEI departments — in academia and corporate America — are the enforcement arm of the Marxist revolution.

Emmitt Smith foolishly believes skin color determines whether there will be diversity of thought at Florida. DEI departments eliminate diverse thoughts and install a superficial color diversity.

The people leading DEI departments have no real skill beyond imposing their worldview on the work or academic culture. They don’t fix engines, work an assembly line, develop technology, research medical advances, teach history, or anything of the sort. They provide no tangible value.

They evangelize for Marxism.

As a Christian, I’d love for universities and corporations to fund Father, Son, and Holy Spirit departments. These mid-level executives would make sure that the work and academic cultures were consistent with a biblical worldview. If anyone disagreed with FSH, they would be labeled anti-Christian and placed in a two-week seminar to realign their thinking.

Of course, everyone would object to companies and state-funded universities creating departments to impose a religious worldview.

Why is it OK for DEI zealots to take over HR departments? Why do DEI zealots get to pass out $10,000 speaking fees to outside vendors/evangelists?

It’s all a giant Ponzi scheme. They promote and exaggerate racism to justify their six-figure jobs. They’re not attempting to eliminate racism. The more bigotry they discover or invent, the more valuable they are.

George Floyd justifies the DEI department at the University of Florida and at Costco. An endless supply of white executives need advice on how to properly honor a black career criminal who overdosed on fentanyl while being restrained by police. The same goes for Juneteenth. Or maybe they tell the school president how to respond when the sensitivities of some black students are offended because there aren’t enough black students in their dorm.

This is the career of a six-figure-salaried DEI executive. They mitigate the guilt of their white saviors and make sure everyone at work publicly agrees with same-sex marriage or at least has the good sense never to publicly object.