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DEI: more harm than good?
Wilfred Reilly
argues more harm
Armand Domalewski
argues net positive
DEI stands for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Reilly and Domalewski take opposite sides in a structured debate you can actually follow: do DEI programs move institutions toward equality, or create a new paradigm for inequality?
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Wednesday, July 1, 2026 · 12:00 PM CT
The Debate
The full recorded SuperDebate. Watch it, then score both debaters below.
You Be the Judge
Score each debater 1 (weak) to 5 (strong) on the four criteria our judges use. One ballot per person, and you can change it anytime.
Wilfred Reilly
More harm
3.0
your avg
Argument · logic & reasoning
Evidence · facts & examples
Clarity · structure & flow
Persuasion · did it convince you
Armand Domalewski
Net positive
3.0
your avg
Argument · logic & reasoning
Evidence · facts & examples
Clarity · structure & flow
Persuasion · did it convince you
The Matchup
A real debate on a question that rarely gets one
The question
Do DEI programs do more harm than good?
Says DEI does more harm
Wilfred Reilly
Says DEI is net positive
Armand Domalewski
DEI is one of the most charged questions in American life. This is a real debate on it: two credible people, opposite sides, and a fair format. It comes down to whether corrective inclusion actually works, and whether it is fair.
Who's Debating
Two serious thinkers on opposite sides of the question
Wilfred Reilly
Says DEI does more harm
Political scientist who stress-tests claims with data
Associate Professor of Political Science at Kentucky State University, with a Ph.D. from Southern Illinois University and a J.D. from the University of Illinois. Author of Hate Crime Hoax, Taboo, and Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me, plus more than 100 articles in National Review, Commentary, Newsweek, and Quillette. He builds quantitative, contrarian arguments about race, crime, and bias in American life.
Armand Domalewski
Says DEI is net positive
Data scientist and abundance-movement writer
A San Francisco data scientist and co-founder of YIMBY Democrats for America. He co-hosts Everybody Gets Pie, a podcast on abundance economics, and previously hosted Radio Abundance. A widely followed voice in the housing-abundance movement and a former debate coach, he argues policy and economics from a pragmatic, data-first view.
The Format
The run of show
Standard SuperDebate: two people, cross-examination, moderated start to finish
- 01
Opening statement
4 min · Reilly: DEI does more harm
- 02
Cross-examination
4 min · Domalewski questions Reilly
- 03
Opening statement
4 min · Domalewski: DEI is net positive
- 04
Cross-examination
4 min · Reilly questions Domalewski
- 05
Rebuttal
3 min · Reilly answers the defense of DEI
- 06
Rebuttal
3 min · Domalewski answers the critique of DEI
- 07
Closing statement
3 min · Reilly makes the final case against DEI
- 08
Closing statement
3 min · Domalewski makes the final case for DEI
Two debaters, one moderator, about an hour. Recorded for replay.
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