Entitlement of NYCs Knicks trash-can thief exposes the ingrained flaws of the DEI movement

The gross, entitled actions of Angie Baez, the woman who dumped garbage all over the sidewalk and stole the Knicks trash can this week as we exclusively reported, exposes the deep flaws within the DEI movement she was a part of.Báez, who was fired from her DOI role (which is what they call it) at JP Morgan Chase, built her career around the idea corporate power and capitalism — not individuals — are to blame for the ills and injustices in the world.And with her trash can stunt, we saw that worldview in action. When I first saw the video this weekend, the most shocking thing about it wasn’t that she littered and stole — it was that she did it so brazenly.At that point we had no idea of her background or career, but it struck me how there was no sneaking around under cover of night, no embarrassment about desecrating the sidewalk or fear of facing consequences. And, surprisingly, no sense her actions would conflict with her professional identity, which she claims is built around community, equity and how “making a positive impact shines through in every aspect of her work,” according to a bio.Hard to see how pouring trash all over the street could ever be considered a “positive impact.”Later, Baez sat smiling on the subway with her trash can trophy beside her — unconcerned about the sanitation worker stuck cleaning up the mess she made.While most people were baffled how she could reconcile such disgusting behavior with her effort to “lead the way towards a more inclusive and equitable future,” as her bio puts it, it actually isn’t at odds with her work.Abdicating personal responsibility is baked into the moral framework of the institutionalized DEI Baez has spent her career promoting — at Saks Fifth Avenue, The Infatuation and most recently JPMorgan Chase.In the DEI moral hierarchy people are no longer judged primarily by what they do, but by where they sit in the oppression pyramid.

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