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Re:Tell HN: DEI initiatives undermine the self esteem of PoC... by DebtDeflation on Monday February 06, 2023 @10:00AM (#34678223)
Unfortunately, I had an even worse experience.

Boss: "You need to build a more diverse team."

Me: "What are you talking about? I'm 1 of only 2 white people on the entire 12 person team."

Boss: "Indians and Asians don't count as diverse."

Me: "Really? I did not know that. I do have 2 Hispanics on the team though."

Boss: "You're not hearing me. You don't have any black people and only have 2 women."

It became clear that "diversity" was not the goal, but rather something much more specific, likely because the metric the company was tracking specified it that way.

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Re:Tell HN: DEI initiatives undermine the self esteem of PoC... by lettergram on Monday February 06, 2023 @11:20AM (#34679663)
> It became clear that "diversity" was not the goal, but rather something much more specific, likely because the metric the company was tracking specified it that way.

Indeed, it's not about "diversity" in the classic sense.

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