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Free speech on campus, book bans, education gag orders, the overturn of affirmative action, the resignation of former Harvard president Claudine Gay. All of these issues center on one hot-button topic: DEI.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) has become a staple in national vocabulary after the so-called 鈥渞acial reckoning鈥� of 2020 brought demands for racial justice to the top of institutional priorities. From schools to Fortune 500 companies to the film industry, DEI efforts had a steady surge鈥�until they didn鈥檛.

The burgeoning anti-DEI movement, also coined the 鈥渨ar on woke,鈥� has gone from a once-fringe conservative crusade to a political machine. Already this year, about three dozen bills restricting DEI efforts, like critical race theory, have been proposed in states across the country, with more likely to emerge. Need we again mention the overturn of affirmative action? But how did we go from a public seemingly-committed to DEI to one that denounces it in the span of just a few years?

Joining us to help answer this question are Alvin B. Tillery, professor of political science at Northwestern University and director of the university鈥檚 Center for the Study of Diversity and Democracy, and Leah Watson, senior staff attorney with the ACLU鈥檚 Racial Justice Program. Together, we鈥檒l trace the rise of the anti-DEI machine and its political ramifications for the year to come.

For more context on the ACLU鈥檚 litigation efforts against education gag orders, check out Leah鈥檚 law review article: