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The DEI Four-Step
Jan. 30th, 2025 09:45 pmDEI seems to be getting a lot of attention as the current administration's stalking horse, including in the aftermath of a deadly plane crash. It seems the usual pattern goes something like this:
1. "Racism and sexism are non-issues now, we need to get rid of this DEI stuff and replace it with hiring on pure merit!"
2. "Every time you see someone who's not a white man in basically any job, you call them a DEI hire and assume they're not qualified, doesn't that sort of undermine that premise?"
3. "But I wouldn't assume that if it weren't for all this DEI lowering standards."
4. The fact that people other than white men are hired for basically any job is used as evidence that DEI hasn't been rooted out hard enough, return to step 1.
(In the meantime, the current administration is working hard to restore their favored system of getting their preferred people into key jobs, nepotism.)
1. "Racism and sexism are non-issues now, we need to get rid of this DEI stuff and replace it with hiring on pure merit!"
2. "Every time you see someone who's not a white man in basically any job, you call them a DEI hire and assume they're not qualified, doesn't that sort of undermine that premise?"
3. "But I wouldn't assume that if it weren't for all this DEI lowering standards."
4. The fact that people other than white men are hired for basically any job is used as evidence that DEI hasn't been rooted out hard enough, return to step 1.
(In the meantime, the current administration is working hard to restore their favored system of getting their preferred people into key jobs, nepotism.)
