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The End of DEI’s Legitimacy, by Ashley Herzog – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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By Ashley Herzog, The American Spectator, February 1, 2026

A courtroom win can’t save a discredited ideology.

Much has been made of how a federal judge last week struck down the Education Department’s guidance advising schools to dismantle their Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives or risk losing federal funding. Supporters of DEI have seized on the ruling as proof that their cause is resilient.

But the larger picture tells a different story. Whatever its legal status, DEI has already lost cultural legitimacy — on campus, among students, and even within the academic left itself.

Consider the academic climate at one elite institution, which was captured in an interview of a highly-regarded professor, Jill Lepore. She has taught at Harvard since 2003 and no one would identify her as a conservative. …