DEI
Ghosted In Alabama — A Riff on Alabama’s Anti-DEI Bill
Re-framing Alabama’s Culture War on Progress
On Friday, February 23, 2024, the Alabama Senate passed a bill (SB 129) making it illegal for public entities receiving state funding to have offices, staff, or programs bearing the imprimatur ‘DEI’ or ‘Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion’.
My name is Ed Fields and I am a figment of Alabama’s imagination.
If it were up to the state’s political leadership — a supermajority of Republican legislators supporting Alabama’s eponymous Anti-DEI bill — I would not exist. No part of me. Past, present, or future.
I’m kidding. Of course, they would want some version of me available for free or deeply discounted labor. They would want my chattel self to spend money on their products and services. And, they would want my wife and I to breed a buck they can count on with the confidence of an annuity.
Beyond that, consider me ghosted.
Recent remarks from Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin illustrate just how real the situation is:
“To the parents of minority athletes who are helping their children decide if they want to play sports at those…
