Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) has been a target for right-wing influencers over the past year as the craze over Critical Race Theory in schools was unseated as the primary outrage du jour by progressive gender ideology.Wrong Speak Publishing is a reader-supported publication.
The only fair path to true equality for all people regardless of race, religion, gender or culture etc., - is merit based competition. Race in particular should be completely taken out of the equation - permanently. DEI needs to DIE - and be eliminated. It does needless harm to all society and promotes denigration under the guise of equality.
'By pitting Americans against each other along racial, religious, and social class lines, those who run our society can distract us from their machinations.'
This manufactured culture war by the US ruling class has so successfully gotten its citizens distracted from important class-based issues and perspectives.
And I'd say that those behind this whole DEI campaign are truly right wing, neoliberal capitalist in nature.... but are portraying themselves as leftists to appeal to the people.
I think that it's easier to sum up DEI in far fewer, more concise and digestible tidbits. Because really, DEI is, at its core, simply a substitution of education, credentials, and experience for gender, race, and sexual orientation. When personal attributes as gender, race, and sexual orientation become the ultimate deciding factor in one's hiring, promotion, advancement, 'whatever else as opposed to actual training and experience, there are bound to be problens - because one's gender, race, or sexual orientation in no way demonstrate that an individual has mastered the skills necessary to be safe and proficient in 'whatever' is at hand. Before I go further, I will be transparent about the fact that I myself am gay, so however that might be taken into consideration as I go along.
Let's talk about airline pilots. I have a strong background in aviation. I grew up in the cockpit of Cessna 152s and 172s as both my father and grandfather were instrument rated pilots. I attended an aeronautical university where I studied aeronautical science. Unfortunately, 9/11 occurred (ar least what we believed it to be then) and I was forced to look 15, 29, 30 years ahead and in my uncertainty about aviation and stability of the fuels, I refocused my concentration elsewhere in the area of Human Factors/Psychology and brought my flying to an end. I hated doing it but at the time, with such uncertainty, it seemed best. In retrospect, it was best I did so for a number of reasons having no relation to the subject at hand but it was for the best in any event. Flying, aviation, and airline piloting are fields dominated by men. But I know a number of women who fly both private, and commercially. I even know female flight instructors. But these women are a small minority in a big sea of men. This isn't because women are shunned from the industry or made to feel unwelcome but because the field of aviation is simply a more masculine, male-driven niche. Those women who choose that route do so. Most importantly, I would want an airline to hire the most qualified candidate, regardless of who it is, their gender, ethnicity or sexual orientation. I would not want to see an airline turn down a well qualified man to hire a less experienced person based on these attributes. Being female, black, brown, green, pink, gay, or lesboan are no qualifications for being an airline pilot. Some airlines annnounced that they would follow DEI practices. Its no surprise that we've heard backlash from many pilots. To add one more piece, when we are hired for a position, whatever it accomplishment. Based on our accomplishment in education and training. Whether we are male or female, black, brown, or white, straight or gay - these are not accomplishments. And trying to force an outcome of equality based on personal attributes is not the standards by which we should be putting people in the cockpit of any aircraft so that a small select few feel that things are 'fair'. This just isn't the natural course of nature.
What do I mean by 'course of nature'? As much as many will denounce this, it is true that we all are geared for life in different ways. Men, generally speaking, are the builders, the heavy lifters, and the bread winners. Women, generally speaking, tend to be home makers, lighter duty, great with children, great at making home 'hone', basically everything else that needs to be accomplished outside of the work of men. Are these roles exclusive? Absolutely not. There are plenty of examples of reversed roles but for the most part, these tend to be fairly true of male and female roles. I dod not create humanity and masculine vs feminine roles, do not blame me for this being as it is. That's just life. And besides, the older I become, the less tolerance I have for undesirable odors (ie: dirty baby diapers). As it stands, I have to wear a 3M mask when I clean my cat's litter boxes because zi simply cannot tolerate the strong odor of ammonia in cat urine. But women have a fine tuned olfactory nerve that enables them to navigate and negotiate the necessary maneuvers to remedy a baby's dirty diaper in a way that I have never seen in a man. Gender roles. We all gravitate more towards certain things based on our biology. More women do what they do where there are less men because that's where biology drives them, not because men are being rejected and shunned. Likewise, more men are building skyscrapers, not because women are being overlooked in hiring but because the number of women applying to scale beams 400-500 feet in the air are virtually zero.
As for race and sexual orientation, I don't know why sexual orientation is an issue at all. It isn't as though we parade into an interview declaring that we're gay. Straight people don't. I don't see why this is even an issue. What we do in our personal lives is our own business, not the world's business. Companies have no place inquiring on sexual orientation so this shouldn't even be a part of this at all whatsoever (unless, I suppose, if those interviewing are also stereotyping? For the record, I'm not one to believe that stereotypes don't just come from nowhere without some thread of truth, though not consistent at all, ever.
As for race, I wouldn't even place race above qualifications, training and experience. Being 'this color' or' that color' isn't going to correct a stalled aircraft in a near perfect nose dive from 40,000 feet in altitude. Training and experience will. Companies should be following a model of hiring the most qualified in whatever field, regardless of sex, race or sexual orientation. Sex, race, and sexual orientation have no bearing whatsoever on one's ability to be successful on whatever they so choose as long as they have met the qualifications for a position. Simple as that. But sex, race, and sexual orientation should NEVER be a factor in one's employment opportunities (provided they are prepared for the position and the most qualified).
**I apologize, I had no intention of going this long. I had a bit of down time here and my fingers just went to punching on this phone keyboard and the words just fell right out . Thanks for reading
You say that DEI isn't affecting workplaces, but saw it on display during the assassination attempt in PA. The Secret Service adopted DEI hiring policies and what did you see that day? One agent that isn't physically capable of shielding the protectee due to her size. Another agent totally lost with what to do with her weapon. The difference between DEI hires and merit based hires. Most qualified versus meeting a quota. When you create that scenario that puts the possibility in people's minds that maybe people building airplanes aren't the most qualified when the bolts are missing from the wings knowing said airlines have a DEI policy. The real equality problem with hiring and wages which is actually being covered up with another issue is illegal immigration. You mentioned the bridge. Who was repairing it? Illegal immigrants not American workers. I do agree with you that it is being used to divide in more ways than one. You didn't mention that if a person of any race gets hired being less qualified over a person of any race that is more qualified what does that make DEI?
Very good and on point. The experiment with the reading material is especially relevant, if it’s true that exposure to the grievance manifestos steer people into thinking this way.
The only fair path to true equality for all people regardless of race, religion, gender or culture etc., - is merit based competition. Race in particular should be completely taken out of the equation - permanently. DEI needs to DIE - and be eliminated. It does needless harm to all society and promotes denigration under the guise of equality.
'By pitting Americans against each other along racial, religious, and social class lines, those who run our society can distract us from their machinations.'
This manufactured culture war by the US ruling class has so successfully gotten its citizens distracted from important class-based issues and perspectives.
And I'd say that those behind this whole DEI campaign are truly right wing, neoliberal capitalist in nature.... but are portraying themselves as leftists to appeal to the people.
I think that it's easier to sum up DEI in far fewer, more concise and digestible tidbits. Because really, DEI is, at its core, simply a substitution of education, credentials, and experience for gender, race, and sexual orientation. When personal attributes as gender, race, and sexual orientation become the ultimate deciding factor in one's hiring, promotion, advancement, 'whatever else as opposed to actual training and experience, there are bound to be problens - because one's gender, race, or sexual orientation in no way demonstrate that an individual has mastered the skills necessary to be safe and proficient in 'whatever' is at hand. Before I go further, I will be transparent about the fact that I myself am gay, so however that might be taken into consideration as I go along.
Let's talk about airline pilots. I have a strong background in aviation. I grew up in the cockpit of Cessna 152s and 172s as both my father and grandfather were instrument rated pilots. I attended an aeronautical university where I studied aeronautical science. Unfortunately, 9/11 occurred (ar least what we believed it to be then) and I was forced to look 15, 29, 30 years ahead and in my uncertainty about aviation and stability of the fuels, I refocused my concentration elsewhere in the area of Human Factors/Psychology and brought my flying to an end. I hated doing it but at the time, with such uncertainty, it seemed best. In retrospect, it was best I did so for a number of reasons having no relation to the subject at hand but it was for the best in any event. Flying, aviation, and airline piloting are fields dominated by men. But I know a number of women who fly both private, and commercially. I even know female flight instructors. But these women are a small minority in a big sea of men. This isn't because women are shunned from the industry or made to feel unwelcome but because the field of aviation is simply a more masculine, male-driven niche. Those women who choose that route do so. Most importantly, I would want an airline to hire the most qualified candidate, regardless of who it is, their gender, ethnicity or sexual orientation. I would not want to see an airline turn down a well qualified man to hire a less experienced person based on these attributes. Being female, black, brown, green, pink, gay, or lesboan are no qualifications for being an airline pilot. Some airlines annnounced that they would follow DEI practices. Its no surprise that we've heard backlash from many pilots. To add one more piece, when we are hired for a position, whatever it accomplishment. Based on our accomplishment in education and training. Whether we are male or female, black, brown, or white, straight or gay - these are not accomplishments. And trying to force an outcome of equality based on personal attributes is not the standards by which we should be putting people in the cockpit of any aircraft so that a small select few feel that things are 'fair'. This just isn't the natural course of nature.
What do I mean by 'course of nature'? As much as many will denounce this, it is true that we all are geared for life in different ways. Men, generally speaking, are the builders, the heavy lifters, and the bread winners. Women, generally speaking, tend to be home makers, lighter duty, great with children, great at making home 'hone', basically everything else that needs to be accomplished outside of the work of men. Are these roles exclusive? Absolutely not. There are plenty of examples of reversed roles but for the most part, these tend to be fairly true of male and female roles. I dod not create humanity and masculine vs feminine roles, do not blame me for this being as it is. That's just life. And besides, the older I become, the less tolerance I have for undesirable odors (ie: dirty baby diapers). As it stands, I have to wear a 3M mask when I clean my cat's litter boxes because zi simply cannot tolerate the strong odor of ammonia in cat urine. But women have a fine tuned olfactory nerve that enables them to navigate and negotiate the necessary maneuvers to remedy a baby's dirty diaper in a way that I have never seen in a man. Gender roles. We all gravitate more towards certain things based on our biology. More women do what they do where there are less men because that's where biology drives them, not because men are being rejected and shunned. Likewise, more men are building skyscrapers, not because women are being overlooked in hiring but because the number of women applying to scale beams 400-500 feet in the air are virtually zero.
As for race and sexual orientation, I don't know why sexual orientation is an issue at all. It isn't as though we parade into an interview declaring that we're gay. Straight people don't. I don't see why this is even an issue. What we do in our personal lives is our own business, not the world's business. Companies have no place inquiring on sexual orientation so this shouldn't even be a part of this at all whatsoever (unless, I suppose, if those interviewing are also stereotyping? For the record, I'm not one to believe that stereotypes don't just come from nowhere without some thread of truth, though not consistent at all, ever.
As for race, I wouldn't even place race above qualifications, training and experience. Being 'this color' or' that color' isn't going to correct a stalled aircraft in a near perfect nose dive from 40,000 feet in altitude. Training and experience will. Companies should be following a model of hiring the most qualified in whatever field, regardless of sex, race or sexual orientation. Sex, race, and sexual orientation have no bearing whatsoever on one's ability to be successful on whatever they so choose as long as they have met the qualifications for a position. Simple as that. But sex, race, and sexual orientation should NEVER be a factor in one's employment opportunities (provided they are prepared for the position and the most qualified).
**I apologize, I had no intention of going this long. I had a bit of down time here and my fingers just went to punching on this phone keyboard and the words just fell right out . Thanks for reading
You say that DEI isn't affecting workplaces, but saw it on display during the assassination attempt in PA. The Secret Service adopted DEI hiring policies and what did you see that day? One agent that isn't physically capable of shielding the protectee due to her size. Another agent totally lost with what to do with her weapon. The difference between DEI hires and merit based hires. Most qualified versus meeting a quota. When you create that scenario that puts the possibility in people's minds that maybe people building airplanes aren't the most qualified when the bolts are missing from the wings knowing said airlines have a DEI policy. The real equality problem with hiring and wages which is actually being covered up with another issue is illegal immigration. You mentioned the bridge. Who was repairing it? Illegal immigrants not American workers. I do agree with you that it is being used to divide in more ways than one. You didn't mention that if a person of any race gets hired being less qualified over a person of any race that is more qualified what does that make DEI?
Very good and on point. The experiment with the reading material is especially relevant, if it’s true that exposure to the grievance manifestos steer people into thinking this way.