Mandatory DEI statements are becoming the norm in academic hiring

Re:Mandatory DEI statements are becoming the norm in academi... by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @11:52AM (#34695196)

> no problem turning the dial down on "DEI" as practiced if and only if we effectively address and recognize the ways in which these people actively do throw minorities under the bus in other ways; e.g. gerrymandering, reductions in public services, etc

OP’s point is these aims may be in opposition to one another. Pushing ideology-affirming DEI requirements in academia alienates allies who would have given support to electoral reform.

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Re:Mandatory DEI statements are becoming the norm in academi... by jrm4 on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @12:20PM (#34695661)

Much like the mythological "swing voter," I have no reason whatsoever to give faith toward the type of person who would hate e.g. DEI requirements and be pro-reform in any meaningful way; there aren't enough of them to make a difference.

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Re:Mandatory DEI statements are becoming the norm in academi... by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @12:27PM (#34695760)

> have no reason whatsoever to give faith toward the type of person who would hate e.g. DEI requirements and be pro-reform in any meaningful way

I admittedly haven’t seen joint polling on this. But competitive districts certainly show overlap, and joint increasing animosity, towards these elements. Speaking personally, corporate DEI always struck me as usual bureaucratic drudgery; gatekeeping academic positions with an ideological questionnaire makes me pause, particularly when those same institutions are proposing solutions to our inequality and electoral problems.

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Re:Mandatory DEI statements are becoming the norm in academi... by tiahura on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @12:25PM (#34695724)

Much like the mythological "swing voter” … there aren't enough of them to make a difference.

Did you sleep through 2020?

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