Republicans hate DEI and are trying to cleanse the government, universities and business of its influence. Why? What's wrong with Diversity, Equity and Inclusion? The words reflect complex ideas about social values. They are aspirational and idealistic. Why do they make Republicans angry? Is there more than meets the eye? Is the real source of the hatred the white patriarchy defending itself against the erosion of its economic and social dominance established over hundreds of years. The idea that all men, which later included all women, were created equal caused an equal uproar then and resulted in a civil war. Is this fight against DEI just another battle of the civil war? The hatred seems to be felt more deeply in the old South where all the old arguments have resurfaced, i.e. men have surely never been equal? Is the cry against DEI just a mask for racism, a continuation of the Southern backlash to their defeat in the Civil War? The southern states used Jim Crow laws to disenfranchise freed blacks, fought integration and have been doing so ever since. Trump's new cabinet is whiter than the last one. Is this and the hatred proof that all men are not created equal?