‘Shout Out To All My Real DEIs’: They Made DEI A Racial Slur, Now Black People Are Finding Humor In It
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One thing about Black people: We are the absolute masters of laughing to keep from crying. There possibly isn’t another demographic in history that has perfected the fine art of finding humor in our oppression even as we fight it. It’s really something to behold.
It’s obvious to any Black person who isn’t Candace Owens or one of her sunken acolytes that white people have found a new way to spell out the N-word in three simple letters: D.E.I.
DEI hire = disgusting racial slur.
— Maxwell Alejandro Frost (@MaxwellFrostFL) March 26, 2024
Racism is about othering people, so you can marginalize them. So yes, I believe that the obsession with CRT, Woke, and DEI are linguistically related for White people.
— Allison Wiltz Psy.M. (@queenie4rmnola) March 27, 2024
In response to the demonstrably racist overuse of DEI, Black people are turning white supremacist lemons into pro-Black lemonade.
Shout out to all my real DEIs!
I love how Black folks take something that was meant to be offensive (calling Black folks "DEIs" ) and turn it into a joke.
It dismantles the weapon (and turns it into something *we* can enjoy) and makes fools out of those who try to harm us with it.
Our humor is medicinal.
— Alecia Renece (@AleciaRenece) March 27, 2024
We can’t take y’all DEIs no where! pic.twitter.com/6Xz6x50Osn
— Booker G. Washington (@TendentiousG) March 27, 2024
That’s right, good people, “DEIs” is now trending on the platform formerly known as Black Twitter (I feel like we should change it to “Black X,” but that might be a little too on the nose) because Black folks are doing with white people’s new favorite slur the same thing we did with the N-word, which is make it our own.
Reminder that I can say my DEIs, but you cannot. pic.twitter.com/aYuK02jP9U
— Isis (@IsisJai) March 27, 2024
Now all my CRTs
And DEIsAnd Dutiful Darkies
Get on the floor
GET ON THA FLO
LIKE YOU KNOW WHAT TA DEEEEWWWWWW pic.twitter.com/FlkeMYlfPL— Auntie Foxy (@FoxyJazzabelle) March 27, 2024
Good morning to all my DEIs around the world. Let’s go: pic.twitter.com/Bt6phVagPc
— Mr. Christopher (@iamalmostlegend) March 27, 2024
Strictly for my DEIz
— AC Tatum (@actatumonline) March 27, 2024
Hard 'R'.
— Bête Noire (@Afrobatic) March 27, 2024
The real DEIs
— GwennieThePooh (@bwwlc420) March 27, 2024
I love us.
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