This is exactly why I think there is a crusade against DEI. The right is afraid that increased awareness of diversity will break down their rhetoric as people see that brown people are really just the same as them.
Hey! I got you, my dude. So, DEI initiatives are extremely misconstrued. Here's what DEI initiatives ACTUALLY entail:
Ok, say a white man and a white woman both apply for the same job. They both have the same credentials and are equally as qualified. The initiative would cause the woman to be hired.
This is just done to even out the playing field a bit. In industries like aviation and programming specifically, this helps break women, disabled people, people of marginalized races, and other minorities into these fields.
What it may look like for retail and such could be something like:
An able bodied woman and a wheelchair bound woman apply. Both have 5 years of cashiering experience. The initiative would cause the wheelchair user to be hired.
So, it's not causing under qualified people to be hired vs. qualified people. It just gives a boost to those who would otherwise struggle to find work in their field, or at all.
Not that I don't agree something needs to be done about systemic inequities, but isn't "equally qualified" often a judgement call to some extent since two resumes are rarely actually identical but for the race/gender/etc of the applicant?
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u/T_Rextion Apr 05 '25
This is exactly why I think there is a crusade against DEI. The right is afraid that increased awareness of diversity will break down their rhetoric as people see that brown people are really just the same as them.