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The state of America (slrpnk.net)
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[–] -3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Controversial opinion time: no matter your stance on DEI, it was doomed from the start, because it's too easy to be perceived as unfair discrimination.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    In other words, you don’t actually know what DEI means.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Or they understand that the population at large doesn't and is easily and willingly lied to about it by grifters.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago*

    Bingo. That is literally how the people (term used loosely) currently dismantling government DEI programs have been spinning it — "These programs divided Americans by race [...] and resulted in shameful discrimination" — the fault is more in the assumption that this is something unique to DEI programs, and not that any program could be doomed from the start so long as a sufficiently-motivated demagogue is willing to lie through his teeth to see it dismantled. Or that the ones opposed to such a program need to be lied to in the first place. They could probably just say "we're ending DEI 'cause fuck 'em" and get near-identical results.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago*

    Controversial opinion time: no matter your stance on Diversity, Equality and Inclusion, it was doomed from the start, because it’s too easy to be perceived as unfair discrimination.

    I get people not knowing what DEI stands for (because all they see is DEI this and DEI that), but when you spell out the words it sure makes that opinion sound a bit dumb, doesn't it? I recommend anyone everywhere to correct people complaining about DEI do exactly this.

    Edited to be a bit less inflammatory than I needed to be...

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