"Heritage Americans"... wanting a country "back" that their ancestors stole from brown people, to kick out brown people that their ancestors kidnapped and enslaved, or otherwise exploited. 🙃
The idea of an elected official like a mayor being "DEI" is literal nonsense anyway. They don't have bosses or answer to HR. You get the job by winning the election and you lose the job by losing the next one.
Thank you for this. I've been resisting getting into rockfights about DEI all week.
If we started with a perfectly even field, where every single citizen goes through the same school system with the same family support, then we could talk about whether DEI initiatives were still needed.
As with many things, this is where the USA departs from the rest of the world. Elsewhere, DEI encompasses diversity of people, well beyond the narrow matter of race. Businesses with a diverse employee profile have been shown to be more profitable and more successful, apart from being better places to work. It turns out that only hiring white guys isn't smart.
Anyway, the narrow American lens on DEI has always missed the point and scope of diversity and inclusion, as does the predictable and successful pushback.
The nerve of a bunch of people who get paid in petro-dollars to pump out pseudo-intellectual think-tank horse shit to complain about others getting unfair advantages...
"Heritage Americans"... wanting a country "back" that their ancestors stole from brown people, to kick out brown people that their ancestors kidnapped and enslaved, or otherwise exploited. 🙃
Perfect summation. My thoughts exactly. Also what an insult to actual native (aka "heritage") Americans.
The idea of an elected official like a mayor being "DEI" is literal nonsense anyway. They don't have bosses or answer to HR. You get the job by winning the election and you lose the job by losing the next one.
Thank you for this. I've been resisting getting into rockfights about DEI all week.
If we started with a perfectly even field, where every single citizen goes through the same school system with the same family support, then we could talk about whether DEI initiatives were still needed.
Another really good piece! Many thanks for the thoughtful analysis.
As with many things, this is where the USA departs from the rest of the world. Elsewhere, DEI encompasses diversity of people, well beyond the narrow matter of race. Businesses with a diverse employee profile have been shown to be more profitable and more successful, apart from being better places to work. It turns out that only hiring white guys isn't smart.
Anyway, the narrow American lens on DEI has always missed the point and scope of diversity and inclusion, as does the predictable and successful pushback.
But if Americans didn't do anything half-assed, we wouldn't do anything at all!
The American obsession with race is anything but half-arsed.
Okay fair point.
The nerve of a bunch of people who get paid in petro-dollars to pump out pseudo-intellectual think-tank horse shit to complain about others getting unfair advantages...