{"id":2209339,"date":"2024-03-29T17:08:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T21:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joy-reid-claims-problem-is-you-not-dei\/"},"modified":"2024-03-29T17:08:33","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T21:08:33","slug":"joy-reid-claims-problem-is-you-not-dei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joy-reid-claims-problem-is-you-not-dei\/","title":{"rendered":"Joy Reid argues that the issue lies within you, not diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjoy-reid-claims-problem-is-you-not-dei%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2209339&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>MSNBC&#8217;s Joy Reid discussed diversity, \u2064equity, and inclusion \u2064in\u2064 TikTok videos on her \u200cpersonal account.\u2064 During \u200ba segment \u2063with Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, the term &#8220;DEI Mayor&#8221; was mentioned in light of the Francis \u200dScott Key Bridge collapse. Reid challenged perceptions\u200b of DEI benefits for Black individuals, emphasizing personal responsibility over blaming DEI initiatives. In TikTok\u200b videos on her personal\u200d account, MSNBC&#8217;s \u200cJoy Reid\u2062 explored diversity, equity, and\u2064 inclusion. In a conversation with Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, the term &#8220;DEI Mayor&#8221; was brought up amidst discussions of the\u2064 Francis Scott Key Bridge \u200bcollapse.\u200c Reid countered notions of\u200b DEI advantages for Black people, highlighting accountability over attributing\u2064 issues\u200c to DEI\u2064 programs.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/msnbc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>MSNBC<\/a> host <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joy-reid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joy Reid<\/a> continued her on-air discussion of <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dei\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>diversity, equity, and inclusion<\/a> in a couple of TikTok videos on her personal account that were uploaded Thursday. <\/p>\n<p>Earlier that day, Reid had hosted Baltimore\u00a0Mayor Brandon Scott on <em>The<\/em> <em>ReidOut<\/em> where he scoffed at the nickname \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/2942380\/dont-blame-dei-for-baltimore-bridge-collapse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DEI Mayor<\/a>\u201d given to him by critics amid the\u00a0Francis Scott Key Bridge\u00a0collapse. Reid would go on to reject the idea that black people are unfairly benefitting from DEI efforts in universities. The caption of one of her videos read, \u201cla r*cistas [sic] think they\u2019re slick!\u201d using an incorrect form of the Spanish phrase \u201cthe racists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cY\u2019all think we don\u2019t know what you mean when you say DEI? We know what you mean. We know what you mean,\u201d Reid said in one video, then went on in a second video. \u201cAnd another thing: Just a thought, maybe, maybe rather than the problem really being DEI, just a thought, maybe the problem is you. Like when your son Chad for instance doesn\u2019t get into Harvard or Yale, maybe it\u2019s not affirmative action. Maybe Chad\u2019s application just kind of sucked.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@joyreidofficial\/video\/7351632379603209514\" data-video-id=\"7351632379603209514\">\n<section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@joyreidofficial\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@joyreidofficial?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">@joyreidofficial<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>La r*cistas think they\u2019re slick! \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c Sneaky Friends - Eitan Epstein Music\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/Sneaky-Friends-7114488854765111297?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">\u266c Sneaky Friends \u2013 Eitan Epstein Music<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Reid went on to brag that she received acceptances from Brown, Vassar, University of Denver, Yale, and Harvard, the last of which she actually attended. She claimed she took and passed five Advanced Placement exams while in high school, which made her applications \u201camazing.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust noodle on it because maybe it\u2019s not the blacks or the browns or the undocumented or illegal as you call them, which is actually super offensive \u2014 maybe it\u2019s not the Asians or the gays or the trans. Maybe, maybe it\u2019s you,\u201d Reid went on. \u201cMaybe the reason you\u2019re not getting the things you want is you maybe think about it; you should work on you so that you can do the things you wanna do rather than blame people who\u00a0aren\u2019t you. Something to think about. Y\u2019all be blessed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@joyreidofficial\/video\/7351644184505306410\" data-video-id=\"7351644184505306410\">\n<section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@joyreidofficial\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@joyreidofficial?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">@joyreidofficial<\/a> Just sayin, <a title=\"maga\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/maga?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">#maga<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c Npsy Hussle Type Beat (Remastered 2023) - liuslz\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/Npsy-Hussle-Type-Beat-Remastered-2023-7221124490398353410?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">\u266c Npsy Hussle Type Beat (Remastered 2023) \u2013 liuslz<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Both of Reid\u2019s parents were college graduates, meeting as graduate students in the University of Iowa. Reid\u2019s mother went on to become a college professor while Reid was in high school. In 1991, Reid graduated from Harvard with a concentration in film. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MSNBC&#8217;s Joy Reid delved into diversity, equity, and inclusion topics in TikTok videos on her personal account last Thursday. Baltimore&#8217;s Mayor Brandon Scott, who appeared on The ReidOut, reacted to being dubbed the &#8220;DEI Mayor&#8221; by critics. Reid&#8217;s exploration of DEI issues continued beyond her TV show, sparking conversation on multiple platforms<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2209340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AP20191471451807-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2209339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AP20191471451807-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2209339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2209339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2209339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2209340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2209339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2209339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2209339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}