Thank you for this, Jonah. I think there are legitimate questions about where DEI as a technique works and where it’s inappropriate. But good on you for calling out the use of it as an epithet. Same applies to “woke.”
Thank you for this, Jonah. I think there are legitimate questions about where DEI as a technique works and where it’s inappropriate. But good on you for calling out the use of it as an epithet. Same applies to “woke.”
@brianschatz Brian where exactly is DEI inappropriate?
@notcapnamerica When it gives cover for people to continue bad shit. Often when it’s run by outside consultants. When it becomes a question of box checking for HR rather than effectuating change. I’ve seen it work and I’ve seen it backfire - just like anything else it has to be done with care.
@brianschatz @notcapnamerica What you describe is not DEI, Senator. So you haven't seen DEI backfire. Rather, you've seen insincere attempts at implementing DEI.
@brianschatz @notcapnamerica Now tell us WHY boxes need to be checked? Go on.
@brianschatz @notcapnamerica When exactly is the striving for diversity, inclusion, & justice inappropriate?
@brianschatz @notcapnamerica So leave the decisions to the same people who led to the reason for DEI in the first place? It’s the fear of the browning (obviously mostly Blacking) of America and people with your destructive attitude is what keeps those orgs staying the same. Maybe you’re Hawaii’s DEI Senator.
@brianschatz @notcapnamerica So your problem is not with diversity, equity, and inclusion (because how could these things be "inappropriate"? Is democracy, hygiene, or nutrition ever inappropriate?), but with people giving DEI lip service and continuing exclusionary practices? Then you should have said that.
@brianschatz @notcapnamerica You mean when bigoted people make false claims about it? Because that's the only "bad shit" I see.
@brianschatz @notcapnamerica So, as usual, it's not that it's a policy failure, but that the people whose bad behavior DEI is supposed to curb are so committed to their prejudices and using their power to cause harm, the law is simply not sufficient to modify their behavior. Frame it THAT way then.