Something funny happened in the mid 2010s.

Normal people — some persuaded by argument, more cowed by implicit social repercussions — turned on white men. Many of the fiercest detractors were white men themselves. Often, older white men, for whom the consequences of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives were fairly benign. 

“This may be how Boomer and Gen-X white men experienced DEI,” Jacob Savage writes for Compact Magazine. “But for white male millennials, DEI wasn’t a gentle rebalancing—it was a profound shift in how power and prestige were distributed.” (RELATED: ‘Cheap Carnival Tricks’: School District Hit With Complaint After DCNF Exposed Race-Based Hiring)

“The same identity, a decade apart, meant entirely different professional fates. If you were forty in 2014—born in 1974, beginning your career in the late-90s—you were already established. If you were thirty in 2014, you hit the wall.” 

one of the most egregious cases I know was at intel where a friend has worked for 15 years. women promoted above him too fast and he and her other subordinates had to cover for her but superior above her explained they needed more women at her rank… out of his hands https://t.co/ncM5L1E7Ie

— Razib Khan 🧬 ✍️ (@razibkhan) December 16, 2025

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