Opinion | Virginia’s diversity officer wants to expand opportunity, not limit it

I have worked with Martin D. Brown, Virginia’s chief diversity officer, and I support his goal of seeking alternatives to the commoditized, consultant-curated diversity, equity and inclusion programs that comprise a $6billion self-sustaining, lobbied industry.

Though Mr. Brown’s “DEI is dead” phraseology was not helpful to his message, examples of DEI overreach abound in the nation’s schools, colleges and universities and are well-documented in the mainstream media. These policies mitigate aspirational, productive work habits under the cover of “equity” — a term that has been hijacked by both left and right extremists, smothering any benefits of its original intent.