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The man who helped kill DEI

2025/3/13
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@Andrew Prokop : 我是Andrew Prokop,Vox的资深记者,负责政治报道。我最近在Vox上写到,特朗普政府正在根据在推特上流行的观点制定政策。特朗普政府的决策者非常在线,包括埃隆·马斯克、副总统JD Vance和斯蒂芬·米勒等。他们试图通过攻击进步主义的核心来削弱“觉醒”文化,例如削减大学经费和限制研究经费。在线右翼是一个由不同兴趣和政策优先事项组成的联盟,但他们共同反对“觉醒”文化。他们对进步主义文化主导感到不满,并在特朗普败选后更加公开表达这种不满。在线右翼中有一部分人是公开的种族主义者,他们认为“觉醒”文化过度审查,并认为媒体和进步主义者是敌人。特朗普政府发布了一项反DEI和反平权行动的行政命令,废除了1965年约翰逊总统签署的平权行动行政命令。在线右翼认为平权行动行政命令是“觉醒”文化的根源,应该被废除。@Richard Hanania 是其中一个关键人物,他认为平权行动违反了《民权法案》。特朗普政府的政策受到了在线右翼思想的影响,Richard Hanania的思想在其中发挥了作用。我对特朗普政府的非DEI相关任命持批评态度,认为某些任命不符合公共道德和伦理标准。我认为应该建立一个基于个人能力和资历的任命制度。 Richard Hanania: 我认为自己对终结DEI发挥了一定作用。我的目标是结束平权行动,减少政府在种族和性别问题上的干预。我认为政府应减少对企业的种族和性别平衡的强制要求。我希望减少DEI和基于种族的治理。我对特朗普政府废除DEI感到高兴。但是,我对特朗普政府的某些任命感到失望,认为其缺乏道德标准。我对MAGA运动感到失望,认为其腐败程度前所未有,并且缺乏道德和真理标准。马斯克收购推特后,言论自由状况令人失望。

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Policy in the second Trump administration is being driven by a small group of thinkers from the online right. We talk to one of them about how he got DEI dismantled.

This episode was produced by Miles Bryan with help from Carla Javier, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Andrea Kristinsdottir and Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Noel King.

Further reading: The deeply online origins of MAGA 2.0 by Andrew Prokop. The Origins of Woke by Richard Hanania. Richard Hanania, Rising Right-Wing Star, Wrote For White Supremacist Sites Under Pseudonym. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast

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