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Re:I Was Google’s Head of International Relations by steelframe on Thursday January 02, 2020 @04:06PM (#21939817)
Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) exercises are designed to make you feel uncomfortable because coaches believe discomfort is evidence of your "DEI muscles" being exercised. The thinking is that you cannot change your attitudes, opinions, and behaviors unless you can first become uncomfortable.
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Re:I Was Google’s Head of International Relations by mkolodny on Thursday January 02, 2020 @04:25PM (#21940004)
Causing discomfort in a respectful way is one thing. Causing discomfort by encouraging employees to call someone racist and homophobic names is a very different thing.

But again, the main point isn't the diversity exercise. It's the way his complaint about the exercise was handled.

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