I’m surprised you didn’t get blowback for correcting the data.
I’ve reviewed DEI/anti-racism training materials for my job. The most outrageous aspect to me is the biological determinism: if you are white you are inherently racist, regardless of your actions, because your whiteness confers systemic privilege over people of color.
It’s a ridiculous claim but conveniently guts any “remedial” actions by whites of any significance whatsoever. Affirmative action, “equity” discipline in schools, etc. — that’s all nice, but if you’re white, you’re still a racist. There’s no expunging of the sin. The only thing you can do is step down and get out of the way of POC.
I am very very good at writing diplomatic emails! It definitely was a minefield and speaking up could have cost me my job.
The bulk of DEI ideology operates on about a second grade level. It simply has to be gussied up with all sorts of pretentious academic jargon to make it less obvious how preposterously simplistic and childish it is.
Hi John, it was an awfully long 11 years but I was always learning things and honing my craft. This endeavor now is about redirecting all that experience back to the public interest, as originally intended!
I’m surprised you didn’t get blowback for correcting the data.
I’ve reviewed DEI/anti-racism training materials for my job. The most outrageous aspect to me is the biological determinism: if you are white you are inherently racist, regardless of your actions, because your whiteness confers systemic privilege over people of color.
It’s a ridiculous claim but conveniently guts any “remedial” actions by whites of any significance whatsoever. Affirmative action, “equity” discipline in schools, etc. — that’s all nice, but if you’re white, you’re still a racist. There’s no expunging of the sin. The only thing you can do is step down and get out of the way of POC.
I am very very good at writing diplomatic emails! It definitely was a minefield and speaking up could have cost me my job.
The bulk of DEI ideology operates on about a second grade level. It simply has to be gussied up with all sorts of pretentious academic jargon to make it less obvious how preposterously simplistic and childish it is.
Exile, you seem not to get much job satisfaction from writing PR for colleges. Would it be impossible for you to find a more satisfying occupation?
Hi John, it was an awfully long 11 years but I was always learning things and honing my craft. This endeavor now is about redirecting all that experience back to the public interest, as originally intended!