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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's long past due.  What an appallingly divisive, pandering, puerile gesture that was.  "Look at D.C.!  We don't support law enforcement, love criminals, and see everything through a racial lens".

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Thanks for sharing the racist a-hole interpretation of "BLM". You are probably anti"CRT" and anti"DEI" as well. 
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Both CRT and DEI are inherently racist. [/quote]

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is not a "Black and white" issue. DEI is also:
1) Lactation rooms in workplaces
2) Maternity/paternity leave
3) Accessibility considerations for people with different abilities at events and in public spaces
4) Federal holidays centered on religious accommodation (ahem, Christianity) 
5) Books available in large print and in Braille and in audiobook formats at your local library
6) Services and special considerations for veterans

Which of these things are you opposed to? Be specific. [/quote]

Generally speaking, my observation is people don't have a problem with diversity (broadly defined, and not just limited to race and gender) or inclusion.  What the have a problem with is equity, particularly they way it's defined and implemented by those in the industry, so to speak.  That's where it comes off the rails, IMO.[/quote]

But you didn’t say “I have a problem with equity the way it is implemented in many cases.” You said DEI is inherently racist. That’s what you said, and now you’re backpedaling, because oopsie, maternity/paternity leave FOR ALL, services and considerations FOR ALL VETERANS, and accessibility FOR ALL persons with different abilities is not “inherently racist.”

Say what you mean, mean what you say. [/quote]

I know this an an anonymous forum, so it's hard to tell who posts what.  For the record, I'm the poster who said people don't like the "equity" bit, but I'm not the person who said it's all inherently racist.  I'm not sure how the accessibility and veterans stuff suddenly came into the picture, but it's the Kendi-style antiracism lunacy that is turning people off, not making sure we enforce ADA or civil right laws that have been on the books for a half century.  [/quote]

Too bad for you that you fell for the Fox News talking points that “DEI is bad,” thinking “DEI” means simply Black people “taking” jobs that belong to white people. Too bad for you that when someone points out that DIVERSITY, EQUITY and INCLUSION also means things that you, personally, benefit from, such as lactation rooms in workplaces, wheelchair ramps, allowances for service animals, and different formats of books and multimedia materials at the library. Oops, don’t you look stupid. [/quote]

You really need to know that this sort of disingenuousness harms the cause and is why the average voter dismisses Trump's constant lying as normal or even rhetorical equity.[/quote]

The kind of disingenuous where you willfully misunderstand what words and acronyms mean to fit your agenda and the talking points handed down to you from your favorite podcast bro?[/quote]

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