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Re:MIT abandons use of DEI statements by jazzyjackson on Sunday May 05, 2024 @11:42PM (#40270943)
you've contradicted yourself, that's all the parent was saying, that comparing your demographics with national demographics is used to identify the degree to which your organization needs to institute race quotas
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Re:MIT abandons use of DEI statements by Dylan16807 on Monday May 06, 2024 @01:01AM (#40271273)
> that's all the parent was saying

Nuh uh. jimbokun intensified it by a huge amount with those "every" terms and saying "must" and "exactly", describing a mandate that is very stupid and ignorant of statistics in a way that rebeccaskinner's description is not very stupid and ignorant of statistics. Also,

> race quotas

The post you're replying to says "further investigation", not "race quotas".

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