• rabber@lemmy.ca
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    15 hours ago

    Because choosing people based on skin colour is racist

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      14 hours ago

      That’s true but that’s not what DEI is for. It’s aim is to simply be inclusive and not exclusive. DEI was never intended to be a quota or to hire someone less qualified simply because of race. That is actually racism.

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        13 hours ago

        Yet that’s how many orgs implemented it which is why so many people are against it. It’s not that DEI is bad, it’s that badly implemented DEI is worse than no DEI at all. But the pendulum ever swings and always with more momentum towards progress.

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          12 hours ago

          Utter trash. Please show me the organization that hired more women and minorities than white males.

          The DEI pendelum allowed a few woman and even fewer minorities the chance at a job they could never get and now it is time to swing back to all white males again.

          It is an extreme sexist and racist overreaction, end of story.

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            4 hours ago

            Could you explain how DEI works in practice. Not in theory or what it is supposed to do, but rather how companies implemented it and carried it out.

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              Sure, I do find it strange that you edgelords who seem to have a hard time with DEI training have never taken it

              You take a class either independently or with a group. During this time you receive instruction explaining how all people are of value and how having a diverse range of decision makers produces better decisions.

              There may be some scenarios that highlight how having, let’s say a woman in the workplace could be helpful. Imagine a bunch of men sitting around bitchinng about their wives. The women in the group explains something about how women think and the guys realize that they are misinterpreting what their wives are doing.

              That is about the gist of it. In a lot of ways it is the kind of lesson you would learn in kindergarten. A lot of people never got this lesson and are extremely racist and sexist. DEI attempts to deliver the message they never got.

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      12 hours ago

      Woah there buddy, it is women who have benefited the most from DEI. Depending on your reaction to this you can tell if you are really more sexist than racist.

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        11 hours ago

        Doesn’t your point simply mean DEI encourages more sexism than racism, but doesn’t actually deny it encourages racism too?

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          11 hours ago

          If you think giving a minority or women a shot at a job they would have never had the opportunity to get is racist or sexist then you have your answer.

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              10 hours ago

              You merely have to answer the question. Please state whether you feel it is sexist/racist or not.

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                10 hours ago

                I do think DEI programs are both racist and sexist. Now, what’s your point?

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                  10 hours ago

                  This is why DEI policies exist. To help people who are sexist and racist deal with their emotions and learn to respect all people. Thank you for sharing.

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                    5 hours ago

                    So, according to my answer and your pathetic attempt at wit, the purveyors of DEI programs should themselves attend DEI programs to become less racist and sexist.

                    So enlightening, troll. Truly remarkable.

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        11 hours ago

        That’s sexist

        You basically are saying women are inferior to men if they need to be given special consideration in the hiring process

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          11 hours ago

          You are the one that said they are inferior. DEI teaches us that all humans have value and that diversity is good for decision making.