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Re:Texas Passes Ban on DEI Offices and Tenure Reform at Publ... by nrb on Monday May 29, 2023 @06:51PM (#36119050)
My statement was in regard to the posters overall philosophy on equity and not any particular DEI program.

I would agree that most would probably fail that test, does they mean we need blanket bans on equity programs or more effective ones?

Re:Texas Passes Ban on DEI Offices and Tenure Reform at Publ... by ajsnigrutin on Monday May 29, 2023 @06:56PM (#36119085)
If the programs are based on race instead of eg. financial status, access to education, etc., then yeah, banning them would help little white Bobby from a trailer park, because he currently can't get that help because of his skin color.
Re:Texas Passes Ban on DEI Offices and Tenure Reform at Publ... by rschneid on Monday May 29, 2023 @07:03PM (#36119142)
I used to think this way too; until I recently noticed it was a false dichotomy! There is plenty of room to be spent on money for impoverished youngsters of any background and we should be petitioning our politicians to spend MORE OVERALL on youth, education, and nourishment programs. It doesn't have to be a zero-sum, but our politicians don't want us to realize this...

American in particular needs nourishment funding for all socioecon/demographic classes.

Re:Texas Passes Ban on DEI Offices and Tenure Reform at Publ... by ajsnigrutin on Monday May 29, 2023 @07:09PM (#36119192)
But if you do that, you don't have to separate kids by race anymore.