You know that the DEI industrial complex is on thin ice when even The New York Times eviscerates it.

That was our thought after reading Gray Lady’s devastating takedown of the University of Michigan’s overzealous efforts to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion on campus.

The school has spent approximately $250 million on DEI initiatives since 2016. Yet the article points out, “the most common attitude I encountered about D.E.I. during my visits to Ann Arbor was a kind of wary disdain.” Students, recounted the reporter, “rolled their eyes at the profusion of course offerings that revolve around identity and oppression, the D.E.I.-themed emails they frequently received but rarely read.

Why doesn’t anyone do anything to roll back this failed system? Because a culture of fear is pervasive on campus. One former dean at the school – herself a woman of color – is quoted in the article saying, “no one can criticize the D.E.&I. program – not its scale, its dominance.” Another person said criticism of DEI principles would be “career suicide.”

DEI is fundamentally about creating a culture of victimhood. It’s been shown to stifle intellectual diversity – all while creating cushy jobs for people who traffic in identity politics.

Bravo to the Times for documenting what everyone knows: DEI is a fraud and should be abolished on campuses, and in companies, throughout the country.