Elon Musk slams DEI during discussion with Ben Shapiro: "Could come out of a George Orwell book"

Elon Musk slams DEI during discussion with Ben Shapiro: “Could come out of a George Orwell book”

The conversation flowed to DEI & the impact it has had on universities in the US. Shapiro compared DEI & its emphasis on race-based solutions to Nazi conspiracies about Jews

Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, who owns the social media giant X, blasted Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and its prevalence on college campuses on Monday.

Musk appeared with Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro at the European Jewish Association (EJA) conference in Krakow, Poland, on Monday. Musk and Shapiro discussed topics such as anti-Semitism, free speech, and social media during a roughly hour-long discussion.

The conversation flowed to DEI and the impact it has had on universities in the United States. Shapiro compared DEI and its emphasis on race-based solutions to Nazi conspiracies about Jews.

“If you read Nazi literature, the Nazis literally promoted the idea that the Jews were, of course, this small caste of people who were running all major industries, who were standing behind all world power,” Shapiro said. “That theory of power and group identity is really ugly, and we see echoes of it today.”

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