Negative Consequences of DEI Pedagogy

Research

NCRI Study on the psychological effects of DEI pedagogy

Colin Wright:

"The NCRI study investigated the psychological effects of DEI pedagogy, specifically training programs that draw heavily from texts like Ibram X. Kendi’s How to Be an Antiracist and Robin DiAngelo’s White Fragility. The findings were unsettling, though perhaps not surprising to longstanding opponents of such programs. Through carefully controlled experiments, the researchers demonstrated that exposure to anti-oppressive (i.e., anti-racist) rhetoric common in many DEI initiatives

— consistently amplified perceptions of bias where none existed.

—Participants were more likely to see prejudice in neutral scenarios and to support punitive actions against imagined offenders. These effects were not marginal;

— hostility and punitive tendencies increased by double-digit percentages across multiple measures.

Perhaps most troubling, the study revealed

—a chilling convergence with authoritarian attitudes, suggesting that such training is fostering not empathy, but coercion and control."

(https://www.realityslaststand.com/p/why-was-this-groundbreaking-study)