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by LawTalkingGuy 1090 days ago
> There have even been multiple instances of myself and other rank-and-file coworkers trying to have discussions about bigotry at large (not even in the workplace itself), only to be shut down by those very same DEI coordinators under the guise of "let's use kind words instead of unkind words

How do you have these conversations such that you're using unkind words? Are you racially stereotyping people as bigots?

> I'm speaking as someone who falls into several ""diverse"" hiring categories.

Yeah, that makes sense. If your intersectionality was switched those conversation probably would have gotten people fired.

> I have literally never once heard language like that from DEI professionals

Like the "whiteness" thing from the other post. Rules for thee and not for me.

> not good HR-speak to call a spade a spade.

"Although the term has its origins in Greek literature, the subsequent negative connotations with the word 'spade' means that the phrase should be used with caution or not at all." -- Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative, Stanford

You might not be held to the same standard as other employees, if you can freely speak in this fashion...