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The issue here is that radical leftists are running a motte and bailey game with DEI.
They use the very reasonable position @mcuban outlines as their motte, and one they gain power they abolish merit hiring, use hiring quotas, and require the adoption of leftist politics.
The issue here is that radical leftists are running a motte and bailey game with DEI.
They use the very reasonable position @mcuban outlines as their motte, and one they gain power they abolish merit hiring, use hiring quotas, and require the adoption of leftist politics.
https://twitter.com/mcuban/status/1743332724889280726
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Further, the adoption of particular political positions is very often made a condition of hiring. This usually takes the form of requiring employees to sign mandatory diversity statements containing loaded political language. Other times the demand is simply implicit...
Further, the adoption of particular political positions is very often made a condition of hiring. This usually takes the form of requiring employees to sign mandatory diversity statements containing loaded political language. Other times the demand is simply implicit...
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and those who don't get on board are denied advancement or are not hired.
In essence, DEI seeks to enforce a particular worldview and a set of (very left) social values on entire companies. In it's most pernicious form, DEI departments hijack entire institutions.
and those who don't get on board are denied advancement or are not hired.
In essence, DEI seeks to enforce a particular worldview and a set of (very left) social values on entire companies. In it's most pernicious form, DEI departments hijack entire institutions.
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The DEI activists re-orient the hijacked institution away from it's original mission and then use it as a vehicle for to advance their political and social goals. As ever more resources are dedicated to DEI, the organization becomes ineffective at it's original mission.
The DEI activists re-orient the hijacked institution away from it's original mission and then use it as a vehicle for to advance their political and social goals. As ever more resources are dedicated to DEI, the organization becomes ineffective at it's original mission.
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When this happens the reputation of the organization suffers, and it's ability to recruit talent, raise funds, and operate effectively is compromised.
This is how woke takeovers of institutions occur, and almost always DEI policies are the way it is done.
When this happens the reputation of the organization suffers, and it's ability to recruit talent, raise funds, and operate effectively is compromised.
This is how woke takeovers of institutions occur, and almost always DEI policies are the way it is done.
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I think that @mcuban is arguin in good faith, taking the plain meaning of the terms Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and attempting to craft a workable policy.
However, in the Academic literature those words are actually terms of art that have very specific meanings.
I think that @mcuban is arguin in good faith, taking the plain meaning of the terms Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and attempting to craft a workable policy.
However, in the Academic literature those words are actually terms of art that have very specific meanings.
@mcuban 7/
For example, In academic literature equity does not mean "treating people equally but while taking their specific situation into account."
In DEI literature equity means means: "an administered system in which shares are adjusted so that participants are made equal."
For example, In academic literature equity does not mean "treating people equally but while taking their specific situation into account."
In DEI literature equity means means: "an administered system in which shares are adjusted so that participants are made equal."
@mcuban 8/
In the DEI literature, equity is not a reference to equality, it is a reference to making sure that everyone has equal share of wealth, money, and power in society. In other words, in the DEI literature equity refers to using administrative systems to make OUTCOMES equal.
In the DEI literature, equity is not a reference to equality, it is a reference to making sure that everyone has equal share of wealth, money, and power in society. In other words, in the DEI literature equity refers to using administrative systems to make OUTCOMES equal.
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The point here is that while the program @mcuban laid out might work very well (it may not, I can't say for sure) the fact is the program he laid out is VERY different from what you find in the academic DEI literature, and in the actual DEI programs in the corporate world.
The point here is that while the program @mcuban laid out might work very well (it may not, I can't say for sure) the fact is the program he laid out is VERY different from what you find in the academic DEI literature, and in the actual DEI programs in the corporate world.
@mcuban 10/
This is why DEI must be abolished. Once we ahve abolished DEI, we can then go about trying to figure out what actual best practice is for hiring, and we can experiment with different ideas. But we can't do that until we get our institutions out from under DEI.
This is why DEI must be abolished. Once we ahve abolished DEI, we can then go about trying to figure out what actual best practice is for hiring, and we can experiment with different ideas. But we can't do that until we get our institutions out from under DEI.
@mcuban 11/
/fin
Thank you for reading. 🙂
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Thank you for reading. 🙂
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