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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think most people are just fine with a diverse workforce. That's not an issue at all. Everyone recognizes that the demographics of the US are changing. Particularly for younger people. For under thirty, I believe the US is already a majority minority country. Everyone is accustomed to working with women, people of color, different ethnicities, etc.

Not an issue.

The issue is hiring and promotions. In many organizations, the priority is "DEI." It's not qualifications. It's not talent. It's not inter-personal skills. It's not management capabilities. It's do they fit the right box. And sure, during the "Mad Men" era it was always white men. But that was 60 years ago.

No one has an issue with a good, smart, talented manager who happens to be a black woman that's really good at her position. Presently though, this hyper-fixation on "DEI" above all, has led to a lot of mediocrity in positions of leadership. And that affects morale. That affects the quality of the work. A lot of talented people end up leaving. You see this in particular in NGOs, media, PR, academia, and even investment banking.

A lot of talent leaves because of bad management and the knowledge they have no avenue for progression because they don't fit the right box. And there's nothing they can do about it. People are born the way they are. And of course, that kind of discrimination is what women and minorities have been living with for 400 years.

But no 28 year old white man or woman has [b]owned a slave[/b]. They just want to make a career. And in organizations where DEI is the ultimately priority, they are going to move on to organizations that prioritize talent, regardless of the things they can do nothing about - like race, gender, sexuality, There are tons of very talented non-white men who got their positions because of their skill. Those are the organizations where people want to work - not the BS check the DEI box companies where you're dead in the water if you don't match the institutional hiring and promotion priorities.  
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Your post contains so much bias. DEIA is not just about African Americans. BTW, my agency just hired a white woman as the DEIA representative. [/quote]

DEIA?  Is DEI becoming another alphabet soup acronym as more and more letters are added to it like LGBTQIA+???????[/quote]

People in wheelchairs need to be represented now. Can't have too many ableists in the office.

Americans' emphasis individuality and ID is so stupid.  Everyone is special and deserves special treatment just because of who they sleep with in their bed, their race, or whether or not they can now walk.  Good grief, when does it end?  Will redheads get special diversity considerations now since they're dying off? [/quote]

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