Re:NSF starts vetting all grants to comply with executive or...
by Manuel_D on Friday January 31, 2025 @08:00PM
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> This is wrong, and based on a (largely deliberate) misunderstanding of what DEI is. DEI is not a push to have quotas
You do not get to unilaterally decide what DEI is and is not.
At 3 out of the four companies I've worked at DEI came in the form of explicit discrimination on the basis of race and gender. Including quotas and prohibiting non-diverse candidates from segments of our headcount.
I won't doubt your lived experience with DEI, and I believe you if you say you've never encountered discriminatory DEI practices. But plenty of people have, and this attempt to deny that DEI is carried out through discriminatory practices at least part of the time is not productive.
You do not get to unilaterally decide what DEI is and is not.
At 3 out of the four companies I've worked at DEI came in the form of explicit discrimination on the basis of race and gender. Including quotas and prohibiting non-diverse candidates from segments of our headcount.
I won't doubt your lived experience with DEI, and I believe you if you say you've never encountered discriminatory DEI practices. But plenty of people have, and this attempt to deny that DEI is carried out through discriminatory practices at least part of the time is not productive.