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How many of those brilliant people and geniuses Trump was referring to were never hired because there was no DEI?
https://signalpress.blogspot.com/2025/01/how-many-of-those-geniuses-and.htmlTrump turned a tragic plane crash in Washington, D.C. into another opportunity to harp on one of his constant political themes. His obsession with DEI employment practices appears to be a form of psychosis. His claim is that because diversity, equity and inclusion are hiring requirements for federal jobs, including those in air traffic control and safety, people being hired aren't as smart or as good at the job as they might be if there were no such requirements. Of course, this is just more political rhetoric that he spews forth without substantiation or supporting facts, something the news media has simply normalized as far as he is concerned.
But there's more to it than just political rambling motivated by hatred and bigotry. My question is, how many people who had the technical skill, the focus, the education and the "smarts" if you will, to be outstanding air traffic controllers were passed over for jobs in the past because they were black or Latino, or Asian, and not white?
And that prompts a second question, one that any sharp reporter or commentator working this story should have asked, or put out there for Trump's response, "Does he have a shred of data or fact to support the claim that current air traffic controllers are not as good as air traffic controllers who didn't get a job they applied for because diversity, equity and inclusion rules required taking a less qualified candidate?"
But there's more to it than just political rambling motivated by hatred and bigotry. My question is, how many people who had the technical skill, the focus, the education and the "smarts" if you will, to be outstanding air traffic controllers were passed over for jobs in the past because they were black or Latino, or Asian, and not white?
And that prompts a second question, one that any sharp reporter or commentator working this story should have asked, or put out there for Trump's response, "Does he have a shred of data or fact to support the claim that current air traffic controllers are not as good as air traffic controllers who didn't get a job they applied for because diversity, equity and inclusion rules required taking a less qualified candidate?"