Though about history, this post is relevant to where DEI may be taking us. Short read.

The very fact that the South claims the Civil War was a genocide means they fully realize their ancestors didn't know when to quit.

Can it be their officers had spared no effort in rigging the appearance of excellence in their academic career?

They even managed to pull off a few genuine victories before enough of the North started to pray for them.

Did the Northern Generals callously calculate to keep the war going? Or,

Did they simply realize it wasn't going to end until they paroled the Southern army, and let the officers keep their swords and sidearms?

Which would mean it wasn't a genocide but a condescension by the North to stop the killing (and perhaps, God forbid, the consumption of slaves). Despite the obvious fact that the descendants of the South would draw support from the apparent admission of wrong by the North.

Later generations let their ways corrupt the minorities and the white working class.

How is this at all about DEI?

Artificially inflating your abilities, identifying with someone you wish you were, may not be conducive to keeping one's feet on the ground.

Another possibly more important point is that our imploding submarines, exploding rockets, derailing trains full of toxic chemicals, prosecutors, and presidents need to run right. They are presently being treated as a gold medal for effort.