Bill Maher Fires DEI Efforts After Nonsensical ‘Virtue Signaling’ Left Uses to ‘Make Themselves Feel Better’

Liberal comedian Bill Maher dismissed diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts as meaningless virtue signaling from the left that does nothing to address racial divides or inequality in the United States.

In an episode of the “Club Random” podcast released Sunday, Maher was joined by late-night icon Jay Leno, where the pair discussed the push for DEI efforts at institutions and corporations across the United States.

Maher said that “virtue signaling and the things they do just to make themselves feel better about being allies” is a distraction from addressing the root of the problem.

“Want to be a good ally? Address current problems. Every racial problem in this country is not addressed by DEI and there are programs like this,” he said.

The solution, according to Maher, comes down to three things.

“The best schools. Don’t graduate kids who don’t know anything and have no skills,” he said. “More fathers. And the drug war. These are the practical things and they don’t care to talk about that.”

Maher has often used his podcast to speak out against the left’s embrace of smart culture. Last year he declared: “We’ve come to this place where you can’t even approach a topic, certain topics, without the crowd coming after you.”

In a measured assessment of why the Democratic Party lost after the November election, Maher told his audience: “Make no mistake, this election was a lot about what I’ve said here and lost a lot of fans to say over the years, that this country there has been enough anti-logic, it has awakened bulls-.”

In June, Maher said there was a “weaponization” of White guilt and an attempt to exaggerate racism in America as he debated the issue with liberal journalist Kara Swisher on his podcast.

DEI programs have become a major area of ​​investment in recent years, but their actual effectiveness remains a topic of debate with many questioning whether they could be exacerbating tensions rather than easing them.

Pressure on private companies to drop their DEI commitments has led to significant changes as critics condemn them as discriminatory and ineffective. Most recently, Walmart, Nissan and American Airlines joined the growing list of major corporations to ban so-called “smart” initiatives, with others expected to follow suit.