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Re:Meta's memo to employees rolling back DEI programs by aprilthird2021 on Friday January 10, 2025 @08:59PM (#42662604)
In DEI parlance, black and brown refers to African-Americans and Latinos, although, curiously they also do accept African H1B visa holders in this group, despite them typically having high education, wealth from home, etc.
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Re:Meta's memo to employees rolling back DEI programs by KPGv2 on Saturday January 11, 2025 @02:19AM (#42664001)
> curiously they

Who is the "they" here. Whenever I see a pronoun (especially "they" it's always "they") with no referent, I ask this question.

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Re:Meta's memo to employees rolling back DEI programs by defrost on Saturday January 11, 2025 @02:26AM (#42664032)
In standard English "they" clearly refers to those that use DEI parlance.
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Re:Meta's memo to employees rolling back DEI programs by KPGv2 on Saturday January 11, 2025 @10:02AM (#42666315)
When I have read writings on DEI, they usually talk about "African-Americans," a term historically used to refer to the descendants of slavery. Which writings by DEI professionals and experts have you read that say African H1B visa holders should be included in DEI initiatives?
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Re:Meta's memo to employees rolling back DEI programs by aprilthird2021 on Saturday January 11, 2025 @10:55AM (#42666672)
But they are included. Because the companies talk about demographics and include "black" as one of those. A group which mixes African-Americans and African immigrants together
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Re:Meta's memo to employees rolling back DEI programs by defrost on Saturday January 11, 2025 @05:27PM (#42669445)
> Which writings by DEI professionals and experts have you read ...

None. I'm a third party HN commentator that dropped in to address the incorrect assertion that the sentence in question contained a "they" with no referent.

I have six decades of reading, writing, and speaking Commonwealth English and four or so with American English and felt the user who asked could use the grammar assist.

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