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There are many other examples, most not famous or widely known outside a narrow circle. That said, HB has a valid point: far too many people, especially in govt or woke corporations, are hired because of the identity politics checkboxes and quickly prove themselves unqualified. One only need look at everyone associated with the Biden Administration to see a plethora of examples. I cannot name a single competent member.

Another observation: DEI is a recent phenomenon so we should be careful using it as a metric. Several of my examples had illustrious careers and died before anyone came up with that hare brained idea (I deliberately omitted many 19th century examples). One could argue that it's just unconstitutional affirmative action under a different label and that has been around for over 50 years. The same still applies.

Lastly, it is curious that most examples are in entertainment (sports, film, & music). I'm unsure why but I think it might be due to a huge abundance of exceptional talent and the earlier breakdown of barriers for minorities to achieve greatness.

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You're defending racism. That's the tribe you've chosen. It's not even a real tribe, it's not like racists in the USA all get along or vote the same. The tribe could just be America, but instead "yeah you might think racism is racist, but it has a good point." Disgusting.

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Jacques Strap said:

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I hope the Getty Center survives this.

L.A. shaken by mass evacuations in Brentwood, Encino; flames visible for miles as fire siege enters Day 5

Updates
https://www.latimes.com/california/live/2025-01-10/fire-los-angeles-california-eaton-palisades-updates

A night of mass evacuations in Brentwood and Encino and the unnerving view of flames across the city has left Los Angeles on edge on Day 5 of the fire siege that has flattened more than 10,000 structures.

The Getty Center in Brentwood home to one of Los Angeles' largest art collections is complying with Friday evening's evacuation order and is now closed, with only emergency staff on site, Ali Sivak, a spokeswoman for the J. Paul Getty Trust, said in a statement.

The growing Palisades fire the area on fire is shown in orange is threatening homes along Mandeville Canyon Road. Mandatory evacuation zones are colored red, which include MountainGate Country Club and swaths of Encino and Brentwood. Evacuation warning areas are in yellow, and include portions of Bel Air.

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Getty Center has long been known as the underground center for child sex trafficking. Large number of underground tunnels connect it to various homes in the area...

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The Getty? I doubt that.

Some asked what could have been done differently in LA - I do lunges for a living and even I can figure this out:

1. Have existing reservoirs filled. If repairs are needed do them during rainy season or after new ones are built.

2. Build the new reservoirs Californians voted to…

— Jillian Michaels (@JillianMichaels) January 12, 2025

This is what Democrats do when they get power, they abuse it, neglect what's best for the people and help our enemies. Traitors. Someone needs to be charged with a crime! They were diverting 95% of the rain water AWAY from the people and INTO the Pacific Ocean because the environmentalist NUT CASES wanted it that way to protect the smelt. The people are the last priority to the Democrats.

Porteroso said:

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historian said:

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There are many other examples, most not famous or widely known outside a narrow circle. That said, HB has a valid point: far too many people, especially in govt or woke corporations, are hired because of the identity politics checkboxes and quickly prove themselves unqualified. One only need look at everyone associated with the Biden Administration to see a plethora of examples. I cannot name a single competent member.

Another observation: DEI is a recent phenomenon so we should be careful using it as a metric. Several of my examples had illustrious careers and died before anyone came up with that hare brained idea (I deliberately omitted many 19th century examples). One could argue that it's just unconstitutional affirmative action under a different label and that has been around for over 50 years. The same still applies.

Lastly, it is curious that most examples are in entertainment (sports, film, & music). I'm unsure why but I think it might be due to a huge abundance of exceptional talent and the earlier breakdown of barriers for minorities to achieve greatness.

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You're defending racism. That's the tribe you've chosen. It's not even a real tribe, it's not like racists in the USA all get along or vote the same. The tribe could just be America, but instead "yeah you might think racism is racist, but it has a good point." Disgusting.

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No I'm not. I'm opposing racism. It takes on many forms. Modern racism doesn't always look like what it did 50+ years ago. But any time people are viewed or treated differently because of their ethnicity, it is racism. Anybody is capable of being perpetrators and anyone is capable of being a victim.

Racism and all other forms of bigotry is un-Christian.

Death toll to 24, but they saved the fish...

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/la-fires-latest-live-map-update-california-b2678510.html

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Death toll to 24, but they saved the fish...

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/la-fires-latest-live-map-update-california-b2678510.html

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This is criminal. Geez, they need a Special Prosecutor on this mess. Santa Anna's are not a rare event, they occur every year. What is done to plan for this contingency? Wasn't it the power grid last year? Fires this year. This is a pattern of leadership incompetence. This is not a spending issue or a personnel issue, it is a Leadership failure. How do the hydrants not work? How are the reservoirs not connected? Those Leaders need to be held accountable.

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Assassin said:

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Death toll to 24, but they saved the fish...

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/la-fires-latest-live-map-update-california-b2678510.html

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This is criminal. Geez, they need a Special Prosecutor on this mess. Santa Anna's are not a rare event, they occur every year. What is done to plan for this contingency? Wasn't it the power grid last year? Fires this year. This is a pattern of leadership incompetence. This is not a spending issue or a personnel issue, it is a Leadership failure. How do the hydrants not work? How are the reservoirs not connected? Those Leaders need to be held accountable.

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Bass attacks are the result of RACE, not incompetence
https://nypost.com/2025/01/12/us-news/karen-bass-la-fires-backlash-is-over-race-not-lafd-budget-cuts-yvette-nicole-brown-kym-whitley/

That's always the excuse of black lefties when they fail. It's a lame excuse & doesn't pass the smell test.