DEI Got Me Sacked From My Nursing Job – WSJ

It s fine to oppose diversity, equity and inclusion as long as you keep it to yourself. The moment you speak out, you have a target on your back. That s the lesson I learned in February. I made the mistake of questioning DEI on my personal social-media account. The hospital where I worked fired me within days.

I ve been a registered nurse for 16 years. In 2021 I began working in the emergency department at Meritus Medical Center in Hagerstown, Md., rising to assistant clinical manager in February 2023. Since I oversaw nurses, my highest priority after providing the best care to patients was protecting my team. That s what got me into trouble.

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California has a statute that makes it illegal to fire somebody for their political activity outside of work. I bet lots of states have similar statutes though Georgia may not. California’s comes with an attorney’s fee provision, meaning an enterprising lawyer is more likely to take the case. Criticizing DEI would be a close case perhaps, because one would be criticizing one’s employer rather than just DEI generically. But the fact that one did not identify one’s employer might make a difference. And getting the right judge would obviously make a difference.