Meet Biden's Deep State DEI EnforcersDEI bureaucrats aren’t shy about enforcing their dogmas across the government.
Bradley Devlin
Nov 8, 2022
On his first day in office, President Joe Biden signed the now-infamous Executive Order 13985, titled “Executive Order On Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government.” The order committed the executive branch to an “ambitious whole-of-government equity agenda.” In the first two years of Biden’s presidency, his administration has been minting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) bureaucrats seemingly faster than it does money.
An exhaustive list of all the federal government’s DEI administrators would be nearly impossible to compile given their vast numbers and efforts by executive agencies to conceal their DEI staff and initiatives through an unnavigable bureaucratic slog. But there are some notable standouts.
One such standout in the Biden administration is Ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, the Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer for the Department of State. In her three-decade career as a diplomat, Abercrombie-Winstanley served as the Ambassador to the Republic of Malta, had postings in Baghdad, Jakarta, and Cairo, and was the first woman to lead a diplomatic mission in Saudi Arabia. Once upon a time she also had a fellowship with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee under then-ranking member Senator Joe Biden.
Abercrombie-Winstanley retired in 2017 as a senior foreign service officer. In the aftermath of the 2020 election, former colleagues and peers began jostling for open positions in the incoming administration. Initially, Abercrombie-Winstanley wasn’t all that interested in returning to the State Department. But when it became clear that the Biden administration, with the backdrop of George Floyd’s death and subsequent riots, would double down on diversity, equity, and inclusion in the highest ranks of government, some potential job opportunities caught Abercrombie-Winstanley’s attention. Namely, a new position in the State Department’s Office for Diversity and Inclusion (CDIO).
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To provide legitimacy to the Biden administration’s DEI push at the State Department, Foreign Policy cites an internal survey of around 8,600 State Department employees, which found that about 44 percent of respondents self-reported instances of discrimination, harassment, or bullying. Another data point Foreign Policy pointed to as justification for Abercrombie-Winstanley’s efforts is that black women comprised 13 percent of the State Department’s workforce in 2002, but had fallen to 9 percent in 2018. But this means that in both 2002 and 2018, black women were over-represented at State relative to their share of the population.
The diversity ruse gives bureaucrats like Abercrombie-Winstanley the power they have been looking for. “This is the only thing I would’ve come back for,” she told Foreign Policy of her current role. She calls herself "a sounding board for people," but Abercrombie-Winstanley is more than just a sympathetic ear for disgruntled State Department employees. As Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Abercrombie has created a “precept” for the Foreign Service selection board that is used to assess promotions and tenures. Commitment to diversity is a core requirement for a diplomat’s eligibility for a promotion. “You are going to reward it, or you’re going to hold people accountable for not doing it,” Abercrombie-Winstanley told Foreign Policy of the new hiring practice.
Then there’s Kelisa Wing, the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) DEI chief. Wing started as a DEI specialist for the DoDEA in October 2021, two months prior to the DoDEA making her promotion public in December. She now has power over some of the curriculum decisions at the DoDEA, which services 60,000 children at 160 schools around the world.
In 2021, Wing co-authored a number of children’s books as part of a “Racial Justice In America” series, with titles such as, What is Anti-Racism?, What is White Privilege?, What Does it Mean to Defund the Police?, What is the Black Lives Matter Movement?, and How Can I Be an Ally?
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Source:
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/meet-bidens-deep-state-dei-enforcers/
