Book - The Next Civil War

"(I find it interesting that diversity, along with equity and inclusion are under attack.)."

We're not against those principles, per se, but many people like me are against a bureaucratic superstructure called DEI that is spending hundreds of millions of dollars with "Chief Diversity Officers" at every campus or workplace and forced "Diversity Statements" where our devotion to "Diversity" is a critical part of our hiring to teach Biology or Medicine; there is nothing more illiberal than mandating a written statement in job applications and expecting a response on a certain side of the political spectrum, and it is reminiscent of McCarthy and his Witch Hunt in its lack of respect for dissenting ideology--consider the irony, given that Diversity is the goal. The 14th Amendment says "Equal Protection under the law" and when there is stigma associated with being a white heterosexual male, or any other demographic,in the process of hiring, it becomes a violation of that Amendment and is exactly why DEI, which purports to fight racism, is taking a hit in the courts. Jonathan Haidt talks about this at length, better than I can, in "The Coddling of the American Mind," not exactly a right wing gunslinger, but a sensible Centrist who got fired for his opinions on this. Kid Rock, whom I never thought I would quote, said he achieved diversity in his band by choosing the best people for the job, not at the behest of a government bureaucracy telling him who to hire.

You're confusing DEI with Affirmative Action. Unfortunately an all too common mistake these days.