DEI programs are designed to help white people too – here’s how

Many DEI programs support students with a disability, about a fifth of whom are white. simonkr/E+ via Getty Images

While diversity, equity and inclusion may on the surface seem focused on certain groups, in fact DEI programs benefit people from all walks of life – including white people.

President Donald Trump and other conservatives have increasingly attacked such initiatives as discriminatory based on the presumption that they benefit only students of color and members of the LGBTQ+ community.