MIT abandons use of DEI statements

Re:MIT abandons use of DEI statements by jimbokun on Sunday May 05, 2024 @11:43PM (#40270947)

> I myself tend to avoid invoking the word, because I find it derails discussions from whatever the substantive topic was, into debating what that word means and the appropriateness of using it.

This is the point I was trying to make.

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Re:MIT abandons use of DEI statements by skissane on Sunday May 05, 2024 @11:49PM (#40270981)

I agree with you that it is best avoided whenever possible.

However, I think the other points I made, that (a) some invocations of it are legitimate, and (b) it serves a useful purpose in labelling a real phenomenon, for which we don't have any widely accepted alternative label – still stand.

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Re:MIT abandons use of DEI statements by jimbokun on Monday May 06, 2024 @09:14AM (#40274243)

So avoiding using the word is a good heuristic, not an algorithm.

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