“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet,” wrote Shakespeare. By the same token, DEI by any other name stinks on ice:

Faced with pressure to eliminate their diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, colleges and universities across the nation opted to rebrand such efforts as opposed to eliminating them altogether, a College Fix survey found.

Did anyone think the moonbats running academia would stop systematically discriminating against groups they hate just because people finally started pushing back?

The findings illustrate a strategy among many institutions to maintain DEI programs under less controversial terminology more palpable to the masses and that follows the law, as many of these moves were prompted by state legislation, federal guidance or executive orders.

In addition to Republican-controlled states passing laws in recent years to curb DEI in higher education, President Donald Trump in January issued an executive order deeming the divisive ideology a violation of civil rights and discrimination laws.

The rebrandings appear to be a possible compliance tactic to satisfy such directives without fully dismantling a DEI ideology on campus. Some of the new terms used to take the place of DEI include offices focused on “Belonging,” “Student Success,” “Community,” “Access,” “Engagement,” or “Inclusive Excellence.”

They need to settle on a new euphemism for DEI.

Liberals tend to call things the opposite of what they are. The favored identity groups that take precedence in all matters and benefit from DEI at the expense of everyone else are called “marginalized.” Anti-white race hate is called “anti-racism.”

So the word “merit” should work fine as a new name for DEI.

On a tip from R F.