Is being a veteran a DEI classification?

[Anonymous]

Let me point out I have the utmost respect for veterans and think we as a country owe them for their service. But if you use their military service as a "leg up" in the private sector or for government jobs isn't that just another DEI classification? Just want to debate the merits of it if GOP wants to do away with all DEI.

[Anonymous]

Technically, yes it is.

[Anonymous]

No. Being a veteran is simply one of the qualifications a person can list when applying for a job.

It is not like the person is saying he/she is black, hispanic, gay, female, etc. It represents a position that have held in the past.

Not sure why you consider this DEI.

[Anonymous]

It's how JD Vance got into Yale Law School.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. Being a veteran is simply one of the qualifications a person can list when applying for a job.

It is not like the person is saying he/she is black, hispanic, gay, female, etc. It represents a position that have held in the past.

Not sure why you consider this DEI.

No. When you check the box as a veteran you get preferential treatment. That preference has nothing to do with your ability or qualifications for the job that you applied for. It is a DEI preference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. Being a veteran is simply one of the qualifications a person can list when applying for a job.

It is not like the person is saying he/she is black, hispanic, gay, female, etc. It represents a position that have held in the past.

Not sure why you consider this DEI.

Colleges do. My friend is a college counselor and her whole job is devoted to helping veterans transition to and stay in college.

[Anonymous]

If it gives preference that isn’t based on merit then yes. For example extra points on a civil service exam.

[Anonymous]

It’s not DEI, it’s far better. It’s not just getting an opportunity to try, it’s being given preferential treatment on a silver plattter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's how JD Vance got into Yale Law School.

I’ve heard that he also used “economic diversity” because he was from WV

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. Being a veteran is simply one of the qualifications a person can list when applying for a job.

It is not like the person is saying he/she is black, hispanic, gay, female, etc. It represents a position that have held in the past.

Not sure why you consider this DEI.

No. When you check the box as a veteran you get preferential treatment. That preference has nothing to do with your ability or qualifications for the job that you applied for. It is a DEI preference.

No silly argument. Any race and members of both genders can become a veteran.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's how JD Vance got into Yale Law School.

Really? That's what you think?

You don't think that graduating from Ohio State summa cum laude had anything to do with that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. Being a veteran is simply one of the qualifications a person can list when applying for a job.

It is not like the person is saying he/she is black, hispanic, gay, female, etc. It represents a position that have held in the past.

Not sure why you consider this DEI.

+1 Experience in any field is not DEI.

[Anonymous]

Yes. Citing certain military experience or knowledge however, is not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's how JD Vance got into Yale Law School.

I’ve heard that he also used “economic diversity” because he was from WV

Also geographic diversity. Easier to get into Yale from rural WV, they literally lower the qualifications based solely on geography! That is the opposite of merit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If it gives preference that isn’t based on merit then yes. For example extra points on a civil service exam.

I don't agree. Being a veteran, and receiving an honorable discharge, says something about you. It shows you have what it takes to make it through basic training (not easy), it says you have work ethic and know how to work as a team, it shows you have courage and that you understand chain of command. These are qualities that others may not have or have not proven to have.