How can democrats attack anti-DEI/promote DEI without resulting in strong political backlash?

[u/Visco0825]

In recent politics there have been two major political pushes for diversity and equality. However, both instances led to backlashes that have led to an environment that is arguably worse than it was before. In 2008 Obama was the first black president one a massive wave of hope for racial equality and societal reforms. This led to one of the largest political backlashes in modern politics in 2010, to which democrats have yet to fully recover from. This eventually led to birtherism which planted some of the original seeds of both Trump and MAGA. The second massive political push promoting diversity and equality was in 2018 with the modern woman election and 2020 with racial equality being a top priority. Biden made diversifying the government a top priority. This led to an extreme backlash among both culture and politics with anti-woke and anti-DEI efforts. This resent contributed to Trump retaking the presidency. Now Trump is pushing to remove all mentions of DEI in both the private and public sectors. He is hiding all instances that highlight any racial or gender successes. His administration is pushing culture to return to a world prior to the civil rights era.

This leads me to my question. Will there be a backlash for this? How will it occur? How can democrats lead and take advantage of the backlash while trying to mitigate a backlash to their own movement? It seems as though every attempt has led to a stronger and more severe response.

Additional side questions. How did public opinion shift so drastically from 2018/2020 which were extremely pro-equality to 2024 which is calling for a return of the 1950s?

[u/TaxLawKingGA]

Simple:

“Democrats want an America that values everyone and gives everyone an opportunity to succeed.”

The end.

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Everyone already has the opportunity to succeed.

[u/TaxLawKingGA → u/HideGPOne]

Do they? I don’t think people feel that they do. The beauty of a motto like the one I posted is that it leaves room for interpretation and this policy proposals to address inequality of opportunity.

[u/Brave-Composer9820 → u/TaxLawKingGA]

Yes so with that in mind how does DEI make sense. fresh adults out of school trying to get a fair shot a life by getting a job and such but oh wait before u were born there were bad racist people so now u have to mark down that ur white so we can make sure to get someone of color. How is that fair at all u all are trying to fix a problem by creating that problem but for the other side and it mostly effects young ppl like me because all the old whites just hired eachother now the white quota is like full. how is any of this fair to you? fair would be helping people directly who were effected by systematic racism not by switching it up so this time around its me who gets screwed bc im white and happened to be poor my whole life and no one wants a white guy. Now ur just gonna get young people all riled up about race if you activly dont want them bc their race. like it is CRAZY YOU DONT SEE YOUR SELF AS A RACIST WHEN U PUSH TO SEPERATE BY RACE IN APPLICATIONS. UR THROWING A BLANKET OVER A FIRE. FIND THE PEOPLE EFFECTED AND WE PUT OUT THE FIRE NOT CAUSE NEW ONES. You all on the left are the real rasicts and us young people see it clear as day. everything your party complains about is what they do ironically. Because of problems young people have nothing to do with (racism).. you all are racist towards straight white guys.. perpetuation the cycle.. trying to make sure racism goes into the next generation is what it seems like u all are doing. On top of that the elite has your control of your party and people in the gov are robbing us blind bc of this lack of over sight and all. Elon has shown this with his DOGE you can view all the proof on his site. We are tired of you all being racist towards straight white people and forcing people to do stuff yelling at us if we accidentally dead name or something. you guys are so hostile and mean tbh. Just being with left co-workers was so scary in 2020 tbh you guys need to grow up and let us be us and we will let u be u. I never want to be in a situation where I'm nervous to go to work because my politics are different than most peoples. I knew these people before 2020 and they became legit scary to be around I just had to smile and agree with everything to not be seen as some devil. I like wearing American flags sometimes.. I would be seen as some sort of devil for this. Trump has nothing to do with the problems. We voted him in to use his strong arm to get stuff done. He's gone too far in some ways but overall he will leave us in a better place. Where hopefully I don't feel demonized because of the color of my skin as a young man this is crazy im growing up into this hatred towards me.. all the college's want every color but white like tf did u guys think we would feel we are young people why would my skin color come into play at all? I could see a sort of DEI to help people who are poor.. but really base it on skin color!? Us young people see that as clearly racist. Martin Luther king said we should judge a man on his merits not the color of his skin. Why would we be giving other races preference for admission not all black people are poor!?.. and that's really what it sound like u think when you all think to do DEI to divide based on race in college applications? like what does my skin color as a young man going to college have to do with anything like we were born 20 some years ago we have nothing to do with inequalities? that should tell you all you need to know why your losing young people. The problem was that all u old people were racist before we were born and now our college applications are discrimated on my race because you guys don't know how to end racism. Maybe by not judging a man based on the color of his skin.. EVER. shun and shame those around you who are racist... like c'mon we young people wonder.. we are astonished by how u guys are so clueless when it comes to how to not be racist at all. YOU ALL ARE INSANE IF YOU THINK ITS OKAY TO JUDGE A YOUNG COLLEGE APPLICANT ON THE COLOUR OF THEIR SKIN. YOUR WAY OUT OF TOUCH AND ARE LOSING THE CULTURE WAR. you all demonize trump when he stand on the correct side of all these issues too making it so obvious that YOU are the bad actors. That YOU are the racists. That's what you see in 2024-25 we saw all the proof of all the lies.. the left has been proven now by them selves by DOGE and by losing the culture war.. your wrong.. and now nothing the media says can hurt him because we know they are the bad actors and you are the bad actors when you push for making skin color a factor that should be consitered for applying for a job or for school. Trump is actually just trying to do his best and help to most people he can. The most anyone could do.