Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion laws. They hold companies accountable for discriminating against people with non-normal circumstances. This can include pregnant women, discriminated peoples such as people of color or immigrants, and disabled individuals.
Conservatives painted DEI as providing Equity in a discriminatory way.
IE: We are hiring 100 people; we have set a goal to hire 30 people of color, 20 neurodivergent people, 20 queer folk, and 10 Women but we are NOT setting a goal for Straight White Men.
The narrative has been made that Straight White Men are being excluded from graduate programs because these quotas must be filled.
In this extreme example it looks pretty bad, because we should be striving to hire and place people based on talent and reliability alone.
It is a branding issue. The outrage has nothing to do with what DEI really is but focuses on a rare example that does the opposite of what it was designed to do.
Another example of how the Truth™ is being used to divide us.
What’s DEI?
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion laws. They hold companies accountable for discriminating against people with non-normal circumstances. This can include pregnant women, discriminated peoples such as people of color or immigrants, and disabled individuals.
Ah ok, got it. Never heard the acronym before.
Get ready to hear it almost every day now
Conservatives painted DEI as providing Equity in a discriminatory way.
IE: We are hiring 100 people; we have set a goal to hire 30 people of color, 20 neurodivergent people, 20 queer folk, and 10 Women but we are NOT setting a goal for Straight White Men.
The narrative has been made that Straight White Men are being excluded from graduate programs because these quotas must be filled.
In this extreme example it looks pretty bad, because we should be striving to hire and place people based on talent and reliability alone.
It is a branding issue. The outrage has nothing to do with what DEI really is but focuses on a rare example that does the opposite of what it was designed to do.
Another example of how the Truth™ is being used to divide us.