Janice, unfortunately I share your bleak prognosis. DEI is deeply entrenched, far more dearly loved by most academics than the abstract principles of merit and objectivity that guided universities since the Enlightenment. This is because DEI becomes a personal mission, providing existential life meaning for its adherents. I foresee no possibility of large scale repudiation of DEI until its lies and inconsistencies lead to massive social consequences that can no longer be hid. By that time, it is an open question whether anything of our heritage will remain to be saved.