Their logic is so twisted that it has become a trap for an unwary defender of DEI. DEI is not synonymous to “without merit.” A diverse pool of applicants who have equal opportunity and who are made to feel they belong doesn’t require lower standards.
Or worse, Donald probably thinks of himself as actually being meritorious due to where he went to school. Which in an odd way should at least make ppl interrogate the emphasis we place on these institutions.
It's been said many times, but what Donald and the MAGAts want is to take us back to the 1950s when Black people had no rights, queer people were illegal, and women had no control of their reproduction and were oppressed in many other ways. Essentially a white patriarchy.
this, all of this. he is trying his hardest to take us back to a “white is right” era. they are so threatened by the fact that a black woman was on the cusp of becoming president. mediocre white men are in a tizzy and it’s very harmful when they feel like that.
Are you making the wild, out of hand suggestion that Lara got her Fox TV show for reasons other than merit? Btw, how much is the Fox contract (payoff?) worth?
The Art of War by Sun Tzu: utilizing numerous feints is a key strategy to deceive and confuse the enemy, creating opportunities for a successful attack by masking your true intentions and making them unsure of your movements, essentially allowing you to divide their forces while uniting your own.
The Art of War by Sun Tzu: utilizing numerous feints is a key strategy to deceive and confuse the enemy, creating opportunities for a successful attack by masking your true intentions and making them unsure of your movements, essentially allowing you to divide their forces while uniting your own.
Thank you so much for laying this out. Please say Jim Crow too the next time you address this issue because the violent maintenance of the order White supremacy established and established is conveyed whenever Jim Crow is mentioned.
"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty."
Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
Well, white able bodied men, it's all on you guys now. Your president has spoken. The time has come for you to carry the rest of us because we are too unskilled, damaged or the wrong color to have a job. If you need the rest of us we will be at the hippy commune crafting, gardening and writing books
Let’s call it for what it is, Companies removing DEI aren’t restoring merit — they are restoring The Old Boys’ Cub, the original biased hiring model. #DEI #OldBoysClub #EndtheOBC
You were hoodwinked into thinking they ever cared about anything at all except money. Target would sell shirts with swastikas if they felt it would truly improve their business. They don't care at all about human rights or social issues.
As a young I was a meritocracy purist. When talk about DEI started I said "this is great because talent is randomly distributed and how many George Washingtons have we missed due to racism?" Then I looked around and was like, oh, I'm at a klan rally.
Yet you see a ton of non white that still endorse the morherfucker!!!!!
It gets to the point that’s like: let them get fucked. I’m white European descent and I JUST don’t understand WHY these day and age black folks still supporting what they fought and died for?!?!?!?!?!
I’m all for a merit based system and I’ll believe trump wants one too when he cleans house and puts people in positions based on merit and not color of skin or money
The admin isn't just saying non-white hires may be unqualified, they're saying that non-white hires can't be qualified. It's a horrific escalation of racist rhetoric.
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I just hope the Trumusk era ends far less bloodily and with more farce moments.
Please keep going.
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Anti-DEI = segregation = racism
If anything goes wrong and it’s not a straight, white male… DEI! That’s pretty much open racism, sexism, and several other “ism”s.
SAD!
for him instead of Kamala? It was pretty obvious
that Trump is racist.
Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
#maga.
One note - can we do both of these things?
1. deny that anti-dei is about merit
2. accept that dei without the m of merit is an imbalanced policy
Dems need to adjust internally while criticizing the right.
It gets to the point that’s like: let them get fucked. I’m white European descent and I JUST don’t understand WHY these day and age black folks still supporting what they fought and died for?!?!?!?!?!
#Nebraska #Omaha