META is the latest to dump its DEI programs. Why I’m not in the least bit surprised.
A good and wise friend reminded me that it’s important to keep speaking up because the DEI movement is a small part of the wider accountability movement.
It’s part of the reason our culture evolved to a point where it became safe for someone like Cassie to come out publicly against someone as powerful as Diddy.
My core frustration with this current DEI backlash is the people who are loudest are the people who don’t even have a concept of a clue of what DEI is about. DEI does not advocate for people to be hired BECAUSE they are racialized, or queer or disabled. It advocates for people NOT to be excluded from a candidate pool BECAUSE they are racialized, queer or disabled among other things.
So DEI hiring IS actually about merit based hiring. Because there are LOTS of people who are OVERQUALIFIED for jobs and not getting them BECAUSE of their race, gender or ability etc …
If we actually had merit based hiring we would never need DEI. But we don’t have merit based hiring. So here we are.
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