Because it only makes sense because employers can’t be trusted to hire equitably. It is a thumb on the scales, and so is an injust act, but is currently necessary due to bad hiring practices.
Hopefully we can grow out of this and employers will just hire the best people for the job, regardless of personal circumstance.
We aren’t helping anyone by shoehorning random diversity stuff into cheap ass media. Sure we might have 20 out of place same sex relationships but god forbid if they were to touch on difficult topics.
call_me_xale@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
DEI is a good thing, actually.
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 4 weeks ago
Its a bad thing, but it’s less bad than the thing it’s trying to solve. We should look forward to a scenario where DEI is obsolete.
paranoid@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Why do you think DEI is a bad thing?
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 4 weeks ago
Because it only makes sense because employers can’t be trusted to hire equitably. It is a thumb on the scales, and so is an injust act, but is currently necessary due to bad hiring practices.
Hopefully we can grow out of this and employers will just hire the best people for the job, regardless of personal circumstance.
Warl0k3@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Oh I sure do look forward to the well-reasoned and deeply nuanced explanation you’re sure to get in response to that question!
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
Compared to good writing?
We aren’t helping anyone by shoehorning random diversity stuff into cheap ass media. Sure we might have 20 out of place same sex relationships but god forbid if they were to touch on difficult topics.
call_me_xale@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
I’m sorry, I missed the part where its a tradeoff.
Warl0k3@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
In what world are same-sex relationships not a difficult topic, because I would very much like to move there.
waldfee@feddit.org 4 weeks ago
If anything they’re reinforcing that it’s a difficult topic