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[quote=Anonymous]I find these conversations difficult to have, especially when people are operating in bad faith. But that being said, a lot of DEI initiatives are not well executed.

White men specifically are simply now feeling what it's like to not be the default hire for every position. As they were for so darn long for any position that came with power. So cry me a river with that crap. DEI initiatives are about tilting things to a place where that default doesn't automatically occur, but there's a learning curve of sorts.

Because of course we don't want an incompetent pilot hired to fly a plane, but the question then becomes why are pilots almost always white men? Let's rectify *that* by resourcing up POC who want to become pilots, money, scholarships, mentorship, etc. whatever it takes. THEN, when they are ready to take on those jobs, you hire them because you've created equitable access to what it takes to become a pilot to begin with. And it's not a sea of only white men to choose from.

The problem, in my opinion, is that people are skipping that necessary step of figuring out why certain positions are so white and male to begin with and fix that from the foundational level, and instead go straight to hiring so that they can feel good about themselves. And then it's a $h!t show and it just bolsters the idea that POC and women are incompetent, when many times they've just been set up to fail.

I've seen this in my place of work and it's hard to watch. Just my two cents. [/quote]

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