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Remember when “diversification” was a financial aspiration? Geographic and asset class variety was sexy, savvy, and discerning. Not some criminal practice or “woke” investment agenda. In real estate, equity infuses your economic livelihood. I smile and rub my stomach when my home equity increases each month. But my news tells me that equity must be stopped–it’s dangerous.

And excuse me, but, tech people, what would you do if you couldn’t hug your parens around your include() statements? You can't even do anything with this 👉 )( Prove me wrong: show me code that allows )( That Java don't jive. But here we are.

I’m so tired and exhausted of seeing words and language used to demoralize an entire society of people who are out here just trying to make progress. People who want to feel like the world isn’t collapsing on them every day. Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition is Diversity, Equity, Inclusion. Do we have to change the acronym from DEI to FRSPAP? No, that won’t work because the words are selectively used to hurt very specific types of people. And that is utterly devastating to me.