Comment by Sohcahtoa82
8 days ago
A disappointingly high number of people think "DEI" means "choosing unqualified women/PoC over qualified white men".
The reality is that DEI is a campaign to get people aware of implicit bias. It's been proven time and time again that resumes with a name like "Shaniqua" are more likely to be rejected over one with a "John" even when all the qualifications are the same.
But now, of course, with the current political climate, if you're a woman or PoC, you have to be a perfect worker. If you make any kind of mistake, you'll be accused of being a DEI hire.
I suspect we're gonna start seeing this XKCD linked more often over the next 4 years: https://xkcd.com/385/
One could argue that Senators from small states are DEI hires -- since the reason Wyoming and California both get 2 senators was to ensure that small states were not otherwise disadvantaged due to their population size. Correcting inherent disadvantages in the system is the whole point of "equity".
So how about we start by purging the Senate.