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Prominent lawmakers in the US also game the system.
https://www.npr.org/2019/02/01/690806434/warren-apologizes-t...
https://www.vox.com/2018/10/16/17983250/elizabeth-warren-bar...
VOX: New evidence has emerged [SENATOR!] Elizabeth Warren claimed American Indian heritage in 1986 Warren identified as “American Indian” on a registration card for the State Bar of Texas, according to a Washington Post report.
By Ella Nilsen Updated Feb 5, 2019, 8:29pm EST
(TLDR for those not in the US: wealthy powerful while woman rose in ranks after abusing DEI quotas, now has huge influence over tech industry and always angry about an industry which has real diversity (tech:Asians) but conveniently not angry about lack of diversity at Harvard or Senate.
IME, a bunch of them were sweetheart good deals and giveaways to BigCo's own daughters, cousins, sister-in-laws. And the money sloshes around amongst the wealthy inner crowd.
I call BS, and this is such a convenient excuse. Consider very public authors like https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/catherine-rampell/ How do you end up as a highly visible Economics writer at the NYTimes literally straight out of undergrad?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Rampell
Are you seriously suggesting there were no PoC who were qualified? I know hundreds, thousands possibly of more educated more eager economics majors, phds, practitioners should kill for a NYT Econ writing role. I myself tried for a decade and couldn't as much get an interview despite far better qualifications.
DEI efforts try to conflate ethnicity+gender, effectively trying to build the effort on the backs of black, hispanic, and indigenous populations -- but try to count gender as well. Effectively, the DEI outcomes I see at companies end up being wealthy white women getting more opportunities, and the company conveniently checking off DEI as "done"