It may sound like a statement from Yogi Berra’s book of non-sequiturs to say the only reason you need something is because you don’t have it, but with respect to DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) policy, there is no “need” aside from pandering to social justice minions.
Our large corporation came out and are celebrating their “revamped” DEI objectives. In other words, they redefined what equity and inclusion meant—-it oddly sounds like…. Equality. But they are still calling it DEI and stating they are still fully committed to DEI.
I made a slightly snarky comment to my boss “So, we’re going back to what it was before 2020?”
Reading what you've written give me this feeling of how much this is commonsense, except not everyone has the ability to pull their own thoughts together and express it so well. So, good on you for being able to do that and make it an interesting informational satisfying read.
Thank you for the kind words. As for the comment regarding the need to pander, I think recent history demonstrates that social justice minions are more focused on pandering to certain groups as opposed to striving for fair treatment regardless of race or ethnic background. Thomas Sowell's most recent book, "Social Justice Fallacies" provides a comprehensive examination of the subject and as the title implies, documents the fallacies of DEI and other forms of "social justice.
I'm not American nor live there, neither white nor westerner. But may I share a friend's daughter went to college in Canada and then found a job there. She very much believes in this whole DEI ideology. My own observation is that it's a way to adopt a virtue-signalling kind of identity.
DEI ideology is exactly that- virtue signaling. Most unfortunate is that the virtue signalers neither recognize nor understand that when one group is targeted for inclusion all other groups are targeted for exclusion. I know plenty of people who would be identified as being from a marginalized minority who have been extremely successful through nothing more than hard work and a refusal to accept a victim mentality.
Our large corporation came out and are celebrating their “revamped” DEI objectives. In other words, they redefined what equity and inclusion meant—-it oddly sounds like…. Equality. But they are still calling it DEI and stating they are still fully committed to DEI.
I made a slightly snarky comment to my boss “So, we’re going back to what it was before 2020?”
Reading what you've written give me this feeling of how much this is commonsense, except not everyone has the ability to pull their own thoughts together and express it so well. So, good on you for being able to do that and make it an interesting informational satisfying read.
Intelligent essay, insightful and fair. Non-emotional, except for, "there is no “need” aside from pandering to social justice minions," which I loved.
Thank you for the kind words. As for the comment regarding the need to pander, I think recent history demonstrates that social justice minions are more focused on pandering to certain groups as opposed to striving for fair treatment regardless of race or ethnic background. Thomas Sowell's most recent book, "Social Justice Fallacies" provides a comprehensive examination of the subject and as the title implies, documents the fallacies of DEI and other forms of "social justice.
I'm not American nor live there, neither white nor westerner. But may I share a friend's daughter went to college in Canada and then found a job there. She very much believes in this whole DEI ideology. My own observation is that it's a way to adopt a virtue-signalling kind of identity.
DEI ideology is exactly that- virtue signaling. Most unfortunate is that the virtue signalers neither recognize nor understand that when one group is targeted for inclusion all other groups are targeted for exclusion. I know plenty of people who would be identified as being from a marginalized minority who have been extremely successful through nothing more than hard work and a refusal to accept a victim mentality.