"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."
-Lyndon B. Johnson.
Though this statement is widely attributed to Lyndon B Johnson, there is no actual recorded instance of him saying or writing this, though it is consistent with his views as Bill Moyers, his former aide, stated.
LBJ intimately understood the mind of most white people in the South during the middle of the last century. He knew the Democratic Party would lose the South over his support for the Civil Rights and Voting Rights acts.
Companies started DEIA programs to avoid lawsuits stemming from their shitty treatment of everyone not a cis het white dude. Now that they can be reasonably assured of never getting sued they are dropping them. Look to see who doesn't and patronize them.
And that is why the current administration wants to destroy it. Not one of them would be at the top of the list unless they worked for the one at the bottom of the list, as they do now.
This isn't a real cartoon caption. Smarten up. DEI supports affirmative action, which means white people with higher scores get put in line behind minorities with lower scores. That isn't justice, it is racism.
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I feel a bit emancipated.
Need to tighten it up for a bumper sticker!
-Lyndon B. Johnson.
But I agree with it totally!!! ❤️
DEI was so those highly qualified diverse people who DID get hired, didn’t face unfair disadvantages because of their diversity.
For example, working on the 39th floor and the only women’s restroom in the building is on the 1st floor lobby
Don't explain how it works to people who think there are never unqualified white workers