Controlled laboratory experiments show that materials used in typical DEI programs strongly increase propensities for prejudice and authoritarianism, in direct contradiction to their stated purpose, as discussed in this recent segment of The Jimmy Dore Show:
https://fstube.net/w/k2EQCGGmP25Ke8CgMcQziP
This is exactly what Scott Lilienfeld warned about in his paper "Microaggressions: Strong Claims, Inadequate Evidence," which, along with his earlier protests against politicians' pandering to popular prejudice in reaction to the Rind et Al. metanalysis, is what inspired me to nominate him for the Unity 2020 presidential ticket.
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I'm not alone in my appreciation of Lilienfeld. This morning I started reading _Ideological and Political Bias in Psychology_ , which he co-edited. Craig Frisby, William O'Donohue, and Richard Redding write, "We wish to dedicate this volume to our colleague Professor Scott Lilienfeld, Ph.D., who passed on September 30, 2020, after a valiant struggle with pancreatic cancer. His friendship, as well as his intellect, courage, honesty, kindness, and fairness, will be greatly missed. Scott was the living embodiment of scientific integrity, who was willing to challenge any trend that threatened to compromise psychology as an intellectually honest science. He leaves a lasting legacy to his students, his colleagues, and applied/research psychology."
I just learned about another pertinent study from 1980, Robert Kleck's facial scarring experiment which showed that women who thought there was a fake scar on their face believed they were experiencing discrimination in a job interview, even though unbeknownst to them the scar had been removed before they entered the room for the interview. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Robert-Kleck/publication/232481827_Perceptions_of_the_impact_of_negatively_valued_characteristics_on_social_interaction/links/56a4f54d08aeef24c58bae73/Perceptions-of-the-impact-of-negatively-valued-characteristics-on-social-interaction.pdf
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