GOP Lawmaker Slammed For Calling White House Press Secretary ‘DEI Hire’ | Atlanta Daily World
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Photo: Getty Images A GOP lawmaker is facing backlash after referring to White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre as a “DEI hire.” On Tuesday (July 2), Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert (R) suggested that Jean-Pierre was only hired to fill a diversity quota. “I couldn’t care less about what @PressSec has to say today,” Boebert tweeted. … Continued

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Photo: Getty Images A GOP lawmaker is facing backlash after referring to White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre as a “DEI hire.” On Tuesday (July 2), Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert ® suggested that Jean-Pierre was only hired to fill a diversity quota. “I couldn’t care less about what @PressSec has to say today,” Boebert tweeted. … Continued

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  • Flying Squid
    3•5 months ago

    Which, of course, ignores the fact that there are likely multiple people from various races, ethnicities, genders and other identities which are all about equally qualified and getting a black woman in an administration run by a white man could bring needed perspective.

    • @RazorsLedge
      2•5 months ago

      That’s certainly one possibility. I think it’s the other possibilities that folks have strong feelings about.

      • @[email protected]
        3•5 months ago

        Well, thankfully we had a highly qualified white guy added to the Supreme Court, right?

        /s for the delusional.

      • Flying Squid
        1•5 months ago

        Yes. People have strong feelings about the possibility that a drag queen will groom their child into becoming trans.

        They’re also wrong.

        Why you think strong feelings are the same as reality, I don’t know. Are you a Trump voter?

        • @RazorsLedge
          1•5 months ago

          Very far from a Trump voter and I’m disappointed to see presumptive and confrontational behavior from you. You’re normally levelheaded.

          • Flying Squid
            0•5 months ago

            Then why does it matter what people feel strongly about as opposed to what the reality is?

            • @RazorsLedge
              1•5 months ago

              I don’t know what to say to that. I didn’t say it matters, and I was trying to participate in the discussion thread.

              My opinion is that the spirit of DEI is good, but sometimes I have personally witnessed first hand a decline in performance standards. I’ve worked for years with/near the federal government and I’ve seen what appears to be a particularly blatant DEI push at the cost of performance.

              And an Asian colleague recounted to me that a school he was trying to send his child to had recently come under pressure to “loosen” their admittance test requirements because white and Asian folks were overrepresented. I’m sure you’re aware of the similar controversies at universities over the last decades.

              When it comes to DEI, I’m not against any people or class of people, but it’d be intellectually dishonest to not recognize the inherent conflict here when you start considering people’s race as an admittance factor. Maybe the intention is to only give the minority an edge when performance with a white peer is exactly the same, but that’s not precisely what happens every time. It’s not something that makes me angry, and it may even be the right thing to do, at least in some cases. I only recognize it.

              Cheers.