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DEI is nothing more than an acceptable form of racism.
Hiring people to meet quotas does not make a society better and does nothing to fix the root cause of inequalities.
Free access to quality education, healthcare and funding higher education for the people who can't afford it is how you fix things for the better. This is the future and good.
DEI is the equivalent of a small band aid over a putrid, gaping wound.
Quotas is just one small aspect of DEI.
Things like anonymous soliciting and punishing racism are others.
And even quotas are just a response to stupid people using their bias at their workplace while being blindly unaware of them.
The world is full of smart women and minorities. If there wasn't a bias we would be closer to 50% of managers not being white males.
I will admit I was mistaken, I forgot the quarterly company wide corporate email asking employees to not be openly racist at work.
Truly solving inequalities, one middle manager asking you to sign that you've read the email at a time.
The problem isn't that there isn't smart women and minorities, they exist. They're just crushed by the system. DEI won't solve that. DEI won't women and minorities the resources to achieve their dreams, DEI won't give handicapped people access to a better life.
DEI is a bandaid on a festering, maggot filled wound. People slap it on and are like "wow, what a good job", and it drives me crazy.
DEI has been found to be a net good to society by numerous studies. You just get your panties in a bunch because you are ignorant af.
Social studies are about worth as much as the paper they're written on. 60 years ago studies said black people were inferior. In 60 years it'll be something else. They always match the era they were made in.
The only true solution to inequality is actual action against the cause of inequality, not some feelgood quarterly corporate email asking employees to not be openly racist at work.
You call it a band aid but its more of a hammer. There are numerous systemic issues these policies force society to confront head-on and in meaningful ways.
Calling DEI racism is just a conservative dog whistle for "owie my privilege hurts" and ignores the other forms of discrimination DEI challenges head on.
In a perfect world, you are right - equality. But our world is far from perfect.