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 We should look forward to a scenario where DEI is obsolete.
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 We should look forward to a scenario where DEI is obsolete.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 16 hours ago
Why do you think DEI is a bad thing?
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 16 hours 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.
XeroxCool@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
You seem to think DEI is when employers have to meet a diversity quota, when in reality, it upholds laws stating employers can’t make any hiring decisions based on race or any other such demographic.
Warl0k3@lemmy.world 16 hours 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!
01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 16 hours ago
Lol i was expecting something, too, but the answer is actually quite reasonable
Warl0k3@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
It’s civil which was nice, but it’s also an argument that is extremely poorly thought through. It’s just an appeal towards free-market regulation, which in an ideal world does work great but we have hundreds of years history that establishes this is not an ideal world.
It’s a good, optimistic, hope-for-the-future thought yes - but they’re using that to justify badmouthing DEI policies which is both incredibly counterproductive and pretty suspect.