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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I got a feeling the DE&I backlash is starting to emerge. The moral busybodies have taken what is otherwise a noble cause.[/quote]

For the simple reason that it isn't what they claim it is.

D&I people: "We just want to help people who were disadvantaged."

Normal people: "Why don't you focus your program on people who have been disadvantaged?"

[b]D&I people:[/b] "No, it has to be about identity, race in particular."[/quote]

I'm not sure the conversation on this thread is going anywhere unless we can agree on a common definition of DE&I.  Anyone who is actually in the field would absolutely never say anything like that.[/quote]

Part of the problem is that people opposed to concepts like DE&I, critical race theory based initiatives, structural racism, etc. don't trust that advocates of those concepts are really saying what they mean. [/quote]

Alternatively, what if those people are really trying to square how those concepts practically work in a free-market capitalist country like the United States?  It is not like Kendi hid the fact that anti-racism is at best in tension with, if not diametrically opposed to, a capitalist economy.  See here:   https://mobile.twitter.com/dribram/status/1302724276412387334?lang=en. Accordingly, they may be asking proponents of the concepts what it would mean to achieve equity, whereas equality is a concept that fits in with capitalism.  [/quote]

Do people make serious arguments based on Twitter feeds? [/quote]

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