The DEI Dilemma: Corporate Control & Free Speech | Stefan Padfield | Episode 343

The Speakeasy

The Girl Named Blake

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2025

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Executive Director of National Center’s Free Enterprise Project Stefan Padfield joins Blake to dive into the complexities of DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) and how its implementation has evolved, particularly since 2020. They explore how DEI shifted from preventing workplace discrimination to actively enforcing race and gender-based hiring and promotion policies, often leading to unintended consequences. The discussion highlights how these practices can stigmatize minorities, create workplace divisions, and, in some cases, even reinforce the very biases they aim to combat. The conversation also touches on legal and corporate responses, the role of fear in silencing opposition, and the importance of balancing truth with empathy when discussing these issues. In this episode, you’ll be able to… Uncover how government policies have incentivized the breakdown of the family unit and the long-term impact on society. Explore the distinction between equality and equity, and how DEI initiatives have fueled division rather than unity. Learn how corporations are rapidly dismantling DEI programs when exposed to public scrutiny. To connect with Stefan… Website: nationalcenter.org X: @StefanPadfield & @FreeEntProject Thanks to our sponsors! AquaTru - Get 20% off any aqua purifier when you use code BLAKE on AquaTru.com. AirDoctor - Visit airdoctorpro.com and get up to $300 off an air purifier when you using the code BLAKE and get a FREE 3-year warranty! Fatty15 - Take charge of your health by visiting fatty15.com/BLAKE and using the code HEALTHY to get an extra 15% off your 90-day subscription Starter Kit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the Speakeasy podcast. Today's guest is Stefan Padfield.
0:04.7	Stefan is a legal scholar. He's a professor. But more than anything, he's a thought leader.
0:10.8	And he's not just observing the shifting landscape. He's actively engaging it. And so in this
0:16.6	episode, we're talking about DEI. We're talking about what it is, how it impacts corporations,
0:22.9	how it causes them to push ideology rather than serve their customers. And we got into the
0:28.8	executive orders that Trump has signed, the impact that that's going to have, and how at the end
0:34.8	of the day, DEI isn't just divisive. It's causing harm to the very people
0:40.8	that it's set out to help. So settle in, share this episode with a friend, let's get into it.
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1:54.6	All right, this is a complex, nuanced conversation, but it's one that you have kind of dove into
2:05.2	and really embraced where I feel like a lot of people shy away from it, right? Like, people don't
2:11.5	want to talk about DEI. We don't want to talk about diversity, especially now when it's kind of
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