Understanding the DEI Controversy
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- Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
- "They'd rather stop you from being on the team than for them to lose." Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives have recently become a flashpoint for conservatives but do you understand why? Michael Harriot explains that these policies are just another way for white Americans to push minorities out of the room. So instead of working with minorities and tapping into their skills and knowledge, they'd rather not have them on the team at all. Michael claims fear of being out performed is behind the racist tactics.
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No one does this better. Thanks Michael.
I think they purposely misunderstand. Being equal or feeling like they must actually compete on a level playing field feels like oppression to them.
Great analogies!
I enjoyed the video! Besides from obvious racists and those who fear being outperformed, there's a lack of trust in how DEI will be implemented and some people are profiting/preying on that lack of trust and making careers out of it. There is an idea that DEI is a zero sum game and in rare situations where two candidates are exactly equal in qualifications, in order to meet a target, the straight white man will lose to a minority. As far as I know this is true and in the overall social context of things, fair, but obviously it won't feel fair to the person it is happening to individually. I don't think this happens often, but the data is not publicized. So that is a rational fear that a person who isn't racist and is a non lgbt white man could have. What can be done to allay those fears, put them into context, and turn those straight white men into supporters of DEI? Probably show with data that DEI will affect very few non lgbt white men and that it will make for a safer, happier, more united, and better society. In short, that it's a sacrifice worth making. I also think the number one overall problem with racism is a lack of trust. Voting for policy is one thing, building trust is another thing entirely. That trust building happens everyday with interactions between the races, or more often than not doesn't happen, and even worse in many cases the trust gets diminished further after interactions. An America where black and white people don't just tolerate each other, but love and trust each other is difficult to envision right now.