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[quote=Anonymous][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]

Should Kendi’s comment not be taken at face value?  If so, please articulate what conditions would need to satisfied to achieve equity and how meeting those conditions is consistent with free-market capitalism.
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