The whole debate about DEI is a sad one based on programming of poor white people who are too proud to admit that they just don't have the smarts or skills to compete for a variety of jobs that are now emerging in a rapidly changing world. One thing I often hear in defense of their position is 'DEI hires don't have a lick of common sense like I do' as justification for their beliefs and need to eliminate DEI.

So what is 'common sense', when it applies to things a bit more complicated than freezing to death if you sleep outside nude in a snowstorm? In the final analysis, a lot of 'common sense' is another way of saying 'I believe something without the need for facts and evidence'. Then when something terrible happens, like the recent helicopter crash in Washington, DC, they look for a scapegoat to apply to damning of the whole concept of DEI..... e.g. the crash occurred because of a trans sexual pilot taking directions from a dwarf air traffic controller. How absurd, but they lap it up and adopt as evidence for the true harmful impact of DEI on a larger scale.

The other day, I spent a good part of the day listening to a local FOX radio affiliate, and they kept doing Shawn Hannity shows. He was certainly feeding his listeners red meat. Over, and over, and over again, he kept going back to all the bad things that would happen in America if Donald and Company lost control of the House in the upcoming mid-term elections. Number one on his list was that DEI would come back and destroy all of the gains (????) that the current administration has made in the lives of Americans by eliminating DEI from hiring and operational practices.

Anyhow, all of this motivated me to make the above image. Let me explain it, because there are a lot of subtle elements within. First off, each panel of the triptych is the same image. The rotation left and right represents different viewpoints from different peoples living in America as does the color casting of faded red, white and blue which has multiple meanings. These colors were chosen to represent, a fading America that is adopting policies relative to disenfranchised minorities that have been abandoned years ago by some of the more progressive nations around the world where people seem to be a lot healthier and happier than what many Americans are feeling right now.

Other than the image rotation and color casting, everything within each panel is the same. The message here is that even though our outer appearances and viewpoints may be different, we are all still part of the human race and have much more in common with one another than skin color and viewpoints on how to provide a healthy, productive, and harmonious world for future generations. The dark bubbles around the central theme of each image represent the common problems facing everyone regardless of country of origin, race, and life circumstances.

So there you have it... my take on 'Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion'.

Thanks for reading.

D'Day