Mainstream Media Suppresses Study Finding DEI Increases Hostility and Causes Psychological Harm
Science dies in silence.
A report was recently released on a fascinating new study on the impacts of Diversity-Equity-Inclusion (DEI) policies.
According to actual science, implementing DEI results in many unintended consequences, none of which are suitable for businesses or their employees.
New research from the Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI) and Rutgers University reveals that some diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) training methods may cause psychological harm.
The study, released on Monday, shows significant increases in hostility and punitive attitudes among participants exposed to DEI pedagogy covering subjects like race, religion and caste.
This hostile attribution bias may contribute to increased intergroup hostility and authoritarian behavior in the long run, according to study co-author and NCRI Chief Science Officer Joel Finkelstein.
“What we did was we took a lot of these ideas that were found to still be very prominent in a lot of these DEI lectures and interventions and training,” said Finkelstein in an interview with Fox News Digital. “And we said, ‘Well, how is this going to affect people?’ What we found is that when people are exposed to this ideology,
It appears that mainstream media outlets such as Bloomberg and The New York Times were poised to report on these findings but opted to remain silent on the harms caused by DEI.
An NCRI researcher told National Review, “Unfortunately, both publications jumped on the story enthusiastically only for it to be inexplicably pulled at the highest editorial levels. This has never happened to the NCRI in its 5-year history.”
An editor for Bloomberg News’s team meant to “elevate issues of race, gender, diversity, and fairness,” Anna Kitanaka, told NCRI that the story would not be published. However, Ms. Kitanaka did not provide any explanation for the decision.
Meanwhile, a reporter with the Times told the NCRI that the paper would “hold off” on its article about the study because of “some concerns.” However, the reporter said the Times may reconsider an article if the research was peer-reviewed.
An NCRI researcher told National Review, “The piece was reported and ready for publication, but at the eleventh hour, the New York Times insisted the research undergo peer review after discussions with editorial staff — an unprecedented demand for our work.”
Besides the psychological costs and the loss of monies related to the impact on business operations, DEI initiatives have drained billions of dollars in vital resources.
- In 2023, the Biden administration spent over $16 million on diversity training across various federal agencies, including the Departments of Defense, Education, Energy, and Labor. This figure does not account for in-house training costs.
- Annually, companies in the United States spend approximately $8 billion on DEI efforts. This includes initiatives such as employee resource groups and diversity training programs.
- Institutions of higher education of squandered millions implementing racialist policies that science now shows harm the participants. For example. The University of Virginia reportedly spends around $6 million annually on DEI programs, while the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill spends over $3 million. Other universities and institutions have spent millions more. Imagine how much better American higher education might be if it was spent elsewhere, or otherwise budgeted so tuition might be more reasonable.
As a scientist, I will simply note that there was a substantial increase in hostility to one particular group in the years DEI has been robustly implemented on campus. This data point supports the NRCI findings.
Dr. Colin Wright is the CEO/Editor-in-Chief of Reality’s Last Stand, an evolutionary biology PhD, and a Manhattan Institute Fellow. He has a superb analysis of the suppression of this groundbreaking study. If you want the full analysis of the study from a true expert, click on the link!
In promoting his piece, he makes two outstanding points:
1) The study offers empirical data that DEI does not work.
2) The lack of news shows that our media is simply propaganda for preferred political narratives.
Critics of DEI have long pointed to its lack of empirical support, and the NCRI study adds weight to those concerns.
As troubling as the study’s findings are, its suppression may be even more consequential. The decision to withhold this research from public discourse speaks to a larger issue: the growing entanglement of ideology and information.
The public deserves to know if the tools being deployed to foster “equity” and “anti-racism” are instead causing harm.
As DEI programs continue to expand across schools, workplaces, and governments, the stakes could not be higher. Whether this research sparks a broader reckoning or remains buried will depend on whether institutions—and the media that hold them accountable—are willing to confront uncomfortable truths.
Critics of DEI have long pointed to its lack of empirical support, and the NCRI study adds weight to those concerns.
As troubling as the study’s findings are, its suppression may be even more consequential. The decision to withhold this research from public discourse speaks to a…
— Colin Wright (@SwipeWright) November 25, 2024
In other words, science dies in silence.
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It must be working. I saw the first white person in a tv commercial since last Christmas. It was white Santa Claus asking for money for Salvation Army. He said they are now accepting money from White People.
And I thought only non-white people were allowed to drive expensive SUVs based upon their advertisements. Color me shocked! (s)
DEI in the food industry is a real threat. Maria doesn’t speak nor read English and cannot understand the written procedure for performing titrations to ensure vessels containing egg products are thoroughly sanitized. She is head of Sanitation and the responsibility she carries was not earned but given as she checks all the DEI boxes.
It is but a matter of time before Aspire has to recall Otis Spunkmeyer Muffins and Subway rolls due to a bad e Coli outbreak.
Sound familiar?
Any expenditure that a business incurs that is not directly supportive of their income is the confiscation of the fruits of the employees labor. It has always been taxes and the cost of complying with regulations. Now along comes DEI and that is another 8 billion out the window.
Now add inflation to all that, and the average employee is basically a slave. And people wonder why they are working harder and have nothing to show for it. Day is never ending, Massa’s got me workin’…. Ironic.
Hear me when I’m singing…massa got me working.
Heh, that was our refrain at the paper mill in 1997! Well done.
My son is a storyboard artist who does both movies and TV commercials and the commercial people told him that EVERY commercial had to have a black or mixed-race person/family with no exceptions. He didn’t like it but that’s what they want.
Is LI going to publish follow up on those alleged Mexican looters in NE TN?
They were actually cleared of any wrong doing. They worked for the property owner who was out of town and he called them to try and salvage stuff. They were all here legally.
Honest mistake by local cops, but story clearing them never made it to any national headlines.
I’m burned out by all outrage all the time. So IMO not publishing a narrative gone wrong on a story is as bad as what the left does. It’s simply journalist integrity to call it as it is, not just as what fits the narrative.
I think the story saying the alleged looters were employees was printed nearly as soon as the first story went out.
But you didn’t mention that the local LEO remained skeptical of the story
You may think you hate the msm, but you don’t hate them enough.
Anyone else see that video of the CEO of Axios losing his poop after Musk announced that X and its denizens are now the media, the largest aggregator of news on the planet?
This latest example of censorship by the NYTimes is why they are hated, irrelevent, and the enemy of the people.
We will dance on their grave.
DEI is simply evil, in addition to being illegal. One of the reasons I left my last job was the endless incompetence created by too many DEI hires. Stupid, unqualified people ignored the rules and caused problems within the business and for customers. Nobody could do anything about it, and the incompetent took golden parachutes for a few million… hundreds of them. Meanwhile the engineering staff had to argue about 2% raises.
Worth repeating: DEI stands for “Didn’t Earn It”. Period.
DEI, yet another reason to go Galt.
To Dr. Colin Wright’s points:
1) The study offers empirical data that DEI does not work.
2) The lack of news shows that our media is simply propaganda for preferred political narratives.
I reply:
1) I knew that. Any sentient being knew that.
2) I knew that too. Now a majority of the news-consuming public does as well. The media has completely squandered its credibility, and it does not care.
The hate-spreading caused by DEI policies has spawned at least one hate that I consider justified — the hate for DEI-peddlers. The first person who throws a tomato in a mandatory DEI meeting will be on the short-list for the next sainthood.
Off-theme, but possibly tangential: My wife is watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade on Telemundo. She doesn’t understand Spanish and neither do I — but Telemundo shows the bands, the floats and the balloons.
All NBC does is show an assortment of has-beens and never-wases telling each other how wonderful it is in between giving street space to a collection of second-rate Broadway revues that would have closed in Scranton in the days when Broadway was a thing.
DEI is doing just what it was intended to do. Piss off a lot of folks and foster chaos everywhere. Just the left doing what it likes to do.
I’m thinking those who hang on to their DEI crap will reap the rewards they so justly deserve come 01/20/25 and beyond.
Be aware of your surroundings and take care.
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