Diversity Hire

Trump visited a meeting of black journalists, and tripped over himself while trying to make the point that Kamala Harris was a DEI hire.  This describes someone who is hired for the sake of making the workforce of some organization more diverse.

When Tea Partiers, Trump, and other MAGA-heads accuse someone of being a DEI-hire, they mean that the person concerned has no skills or qualifications except that of being a minority.  (Belonging to an underrepresented minority.)  So they're accusing Kamala Harris of having been selected as Biden's running mate solely because she was non- white. 

They're saying more: they're implying that she was unqualified for any of the positions she has held.  Well, she has been a senator, I believe, and done an excellent job, but I don't know enough to argue the case. 

But, you know, this brings up the question: has Trump been qualified for any post he has been elected to?  Hasn't he been elected solely because of being a TV personality?  And he got on TV solely because he was rich?  And he was rich solely because he got a lot of money from his father, and cheated on his taxes?

So they're trying this tactic, a slight variation on the 'Birther' attack. They're probably going to call for Kamala's birth certificate next.  Bear in mind that Trump refused to make public his college records, which suggests that he bought his way into a college diploma. 

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