06-16-2024, 06:25 PM
(06-16-2024, 12:57 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Because of the push for DEI. Essentially those pushing DEI are casting doubt on the actual abilities of anyone perceived to have benefited from DEI. When your stated goal is hiring for diversity and inclusion instead of ability you are introducing this perception. You're trying to blame people for assuming companies are doing exactly what they say they're doing.
No, he didn't and that's a silly accusation. If you say, as Biden did, that you are restricting your candidates to two arbitrary requirement, in this case Black and female, then you are the one excluding all other possible candidates. Maybe a Black female would have been the choice based solely on merit, it's certainly possible. But what we do know is that anyone else not meeting these arbitrary requirements were not considered at all, and that's a sizeable number of the population. Simple statistics would indicate that the best possible candidate could be found in a candidacy pool that includes 100% of the population instead of less than 6% of the population.
You are partially correct, but not in a way you'd like. DEI is the latest horrible idea from the woke left now that CRT has been thoroughly discredited and is now disavowed by most. As someone said above (forgive me for not crediting you) if all other things are equal hiring a person not already represented in your organization would be a good idea. Different perspectives and experiences are a good thing. But not hiring/promoting a far more qualified candidate, and I have personally seen this happen numerous times, because they aren't a "minority" in some way is a horrible idea. It weakens your organization, it breeds justifiable resentment in your work force and it degrades the accomplishments of truly worthy people who are from a population that benefits from DEI. It was likely well intentioned in the beginning, but put into practice it has myriad flaws that far outweigh any benefits.
He was the one who assumed that more qualified candidates were overlooked. How many minority-qualified candidates have never been considered because they weren't white males? Do you honestly believe there have only been 5 qualified women, 4 qualified African Americans, and no qualified Asians? Are the only qualified conservative judges Ivy League, Catholic members of the Federalist Society?
I am sick and tired of being blamed for a conservative way of thinking. They alone are responsible for thinking that minorities are less qualified than the all-powerful straight white male. Why can't they take responsibility for their own political beliefs? Why does it seem like their beliefs are reactionary not primary?
Polling indicated that Republicans and conservatives were less enthusiastic about voting than Democrats in 2020 It worked so now they are upping their game with DEI.
We've seen this gameplan before. It is just another way for MAGA powers that be to use to convince their followers that they are the victims in this society
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