Quite honestly I have not seen that. Could you provide a link please so I know what you are referring to. I would have to see what exact language you are referring to because in general if a private company followed the law in its hiring practices and avoided discrimination then they should be able to spend as much money as they choose on DEI stuff without the government getting involved.
why is DEI "bad"
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Aside from the performative outrage post you responded to, outside of the small neo nazi population and the small black liberation army population, is anyone else advocating for single race society??
Or are people asking for a legal immigration system? I’m thinking this choice is what we are talking about but some people just want to conflate the issue to bring up racism where it isn’t warranted at every waking moment.
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BigRedBuster
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It’s interesting that nobody can answer the original question.
Diversity…..great. Diversity of thought, background, experience etc. all make for a growing atmosphere.
Equity……not so great. We are a Merit based society
Inclusion…..great. People should feel included in the system, place of work, school that he or she goes to. However, that doesn’t mean those areas have to cater to everyone and all their unique “quirks” for the sake of inclusion.
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Danny Bateman
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Just reflecting for a second on arguing that we’re a merit-based society when Donald f#&%ing Trump is president and Elon has a bunch of children holding the federal purse strings hostage. 
commando
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your answer showed why you thought DEI was bad.I didn’t answer your original flawed question, I answered your other good question
That wasn’t a dumb and flawed question. It’s a good question to ponder.
More qualified individuals who get passed over for unqualified individuals for the sake of equity
Stakeholders in an organization where Equity has hampered growth.
IMO
Your original question asked why it was evil
commando
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do you have any examples of more qualified people being passed over for unqualified people? as widespread as the damage is according to the right it should be no problem to come up with some specific cases
Enhance
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My thoughts on DEI have always been conflicted. I respect/appreciate what it tries to accomplish because opportunities have historically been denied and/or inaccessible to various minority groups and less fortunate individuals. However, I never felt like I should be put at a disadvantage for something that was out of my control (like where I was born, the situation I was born into, and the opportunities that were presented to me) which is also how many of those people feel. In a perfect world, success and opportunities should be merit-based, but we know that's not how it always works. And so DEI in some cases made a lot of sense historically and was a good idea.
In other cases, the sensibility and execution of it has come into question, such as at Harvard... where more than half of their most recent freshman class identified as non-white. And of those non-whites, more than 70% came from families in the top 10% of income-earning homes. And so while diversity can and should be considered a good thing, race has become heavily influential, more-so than class, causing people to ask fair questions about whether or DEI is actually (again, in some cases) enabling the racism it is supposedly trying to push back against.
In other cases, the sensibility and execution of it has come into question, such as at Harvard... where more than half of their most recent freshman class identified as non-white. And of those non-whites, more than 70% came from families in the top 10% of income-earning homes. And so while diversity can and should be considered a good thing, race has become heavily influential, more-so than class, causing people to ask fair questions about whether or DEI is actually (again, in some cases) enabling the racism it is supposedly trying to push back against.
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