Raleigh’s *conservative revolution* talking out of both sides of their mouths re: DEI

Yet another outbreak of ‘mealy-mouth’ disease in Raleigh shouldn’t surprise much of anyone.  On Jones Street, the lies come pouring out so fast and furious that it’s often hard to keep one’s story straight. 

On one hand, you have Republican leaders in the House seeking to ban the practice of DEI in local and state government entities.  (THAT is a good thing.)

On the other hand, you have two — count ’em, TWO — not so bright looking Republicans joining with a herd of Democrat co-sponsors on a bill to ban “OFFENSIVE” high school mascots. 

Worrying about how sensitive or insensitive certain mascot characters are to certain people is right up the alley of DEI fans.  If you’re seriously trying to ban the practice of DEI, why would you sign on to something like this?

This has been tried before.  At the pro level, leftists hollered for decades to change The Cleveland Indians and Washington Redskins.  Never mind that both teams had a lot of fans in Native American communities.  Never mind that most people didn’t mind the team names or the mascots. Yet, the small but vocal crowd of white liberals got their way.

The sensitivity patrol went to work on college mascots.  They scored some victories, with some campuses changing their decades-long mascots, mascot names, and team names.  The University of North Carolina at Pembroke – located in the home base of the Lumbee tribe — went to the NCAA to defend their team name and mascot. 

Ironically, state Rep. Jarrod Lowery (R) — who represents Pembroke — is leading the fight to pass this current travesty.

(If you travel to Lowery’s district, you’re likely to come across lots of folks — even Lowery’s fellow tribe members — who are fans of The Atlanta Braves and still sport classic Washington Redskins paraphernalia.)

So, how would this current band of hollerers make their ban work? Let’s see:

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Okay.  So, they’re going to allow a State Board of Education dominated by eight years of Roy Cooper appointees to make the call on these matters?

It’s apparently just dealing with K-12 schools.  No colleges.  (So that gets UNCP off of Lowery’s back.) 

So, if the mascot is too *insensitive* for a high school — how come it’s not for a state college? 

If compliance with this draconian, Orwellian nightmare doesn’t happen fast enough, the local superintendent can have his / her pay withheld until Raleigh is satisfied.

Do you honestly think that this kind of thing will stop RIGHT HERE with K-12 schools?  What ELSE will be declared *insensitive* and *have* to be changed?  We all watched the recent hubbub over Fort Bragg. (There is a whole lot of extra spending that goes along with a name and / or mascot change.)

So, is race-pimping now an official plank in the NCGOP platform?  Going this route plays right into the hands of the pro-DEI crowd.  That crowd wants people being angry and pointing fingers at each other, instead of working together for the common good.  They want constant reminders out there of racial and other group differences to go along with any alleged *oppression* they dream up.

When folks on our side of the political fence complain about the *Heather has two mommies* books in their kids’ kindergarten classroom, they’re told — often by the same crowd who will be making the *sensitivity calls* on these mascots — to shut up and deal with it.

I can understand the NCGOP loves all the campaign money coming out of Lowery’s district — mind you, one that is located in the state’s poorest county.  But this *sensitive* mascot bill is a really bad path to travel down — especially when our state and nation have so many more crucial things that need to be dealt with.