NHCS School Board candidate Nikki Bascome on supporting DEI w/o the E

New Hanover School Board candidate Nikki Bascome has been criticized for her partial support of DEI, endorsing only its Diversity and Inclusion aspects while rejecting Equity. Critics highlight this as a sign of her limited understanding of DEI, which is presented as an integrated framework often linked to leftist ideology. They argue DEI cannot be selectively supported, as it is typically promoted by a woke cottage industry profiting from comprehensive training programs and not designed for individual customization by board members.