SpaceCoastVol
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I'm pretty liberal and I think the whole focus on DEI has been counterproductive. It has simply not achieved it's aim and is responsible for substantial backlash because it has been implemented so stupidly.Watching the Coleman Hughes segment with Bill Maher and his take on DEI Ideology.
His book is “The End of Race Politics”
He’s of the opinion that segregating people by race, and attributing characteristics to entire groups based on immutable characteristics, and telling children they are “right” or “wrong” based on skin color - is wrong.
What a sellout.
The End of Race Politics
An exciting new voice makes the case for a colorblind approach to politics and culture, warning that the so-called ‘anti-racist’ movement is driving us—ironically—toward a new kind of racism.As one of the few black students in his philosophy program at Columbia University years ago, Coleman...books.google.com
A new deep thought from juco dropout Carlie Kirk: DEI traumatizes the delicate white psyche.
Yes, it’s the same school of thought that says being on time is racist. That using correct grammar is racist.I'm pretty liberal and I think the whole focus on DEI has been counterproductive. It has simply not achieved it's aim and is responsible for substantial backlash because it has been implemented so stupidly.
There. I'm on the record on that point.
And for how it has been done stupidly, read the attached article. Acting "professional" is now racist. Just silliness. As if, independent of race and culture, there are not good rationales for the norms we associate with "professionalism"
Wise-Rojas | Why Professionalism Has Racist Roots, and How to Cope With It at Cornell - The Cornell Daily Sun
Essentially, everything we know about being "professional" involves being more white. Speak perfect English. Have straight hair (forget about colored hair and tattoos, that's just horrendous, even if your tattoo is connected to your Native American heritage). Be a specific body shape and size...cornellsun.com
It's so silly to think that "being on time" is racist. The reason we have that norm is (1) it makes things more predictable, (2) it helps solve coordination problems, and (3) it's more efficient.Yes, it’s the same school of thought that says being on time is racist. That using correct grammar is racist.
Those claims and cries are just silly.
The much more sinister and damaging declarations of the ideology are the ones that say things like All Green People are Inherently Evil and All of you Purple Children need to Sit over there, and Confess your Privilege.
If it’s racist to expect people to be on time for work or meetings, then it’s also racist to expect people to meet time-bound deadlines and expectations.It's so silly to think that "being on time" is racist. The reason we have that norm is (1) it makes things more predictable, (2) it helps solve coordination problems, and (3) it's more efficient.
Businesses that have people showing up on time will be more efficient, and therefore not competitive, than businesses in which people stroll in whenever they please, especially where the workforce has to coordinate and work collaboratively.
Nothing about any of this is racist.
If it’s racist to expect people to be on time for work or meetings, then it’s also racist to expect people to meet time-bound deadlines and expectations.
Easier to then cast aside merit and achievement as racist as well.
And then proclaim that fairness, equity, and representation should be the factors influencing hiring and promotion.
And that is what leads to questions of competency.
In a world where only qualifications, merit, and achievement are considered - you don’t get questions as to whether the hot-air balloon operator is actually qualified.