[CapricornNoble]

> As a gay man, if I have 2 similar job offers, one with a company that shows they are accepting and dont accept prejudice, and another that says nothing. Which one do you think I’ll choose?

As a contrarian data point, as a black man, when I see a company or other organization hit all the DEI talking points about embracing minorities, etc....I throw up in my mouth a little bit and head in the opposite direction. I prefer blind meritocracies, which is what both the Army and Marine Corps used to be when I joined them. Now....even the Marine Corps is looking to staff a DEI Officer in the National Capital Region (seriously).

[paulryanrogers]

Were the army or Marines truly blind meritocracies at every level, even within the officer corps? Because that would be impressive, and a sad thing to lose for vanity metrics.

[CapricornNoble]

I was enlisted in the Army, and an officer in the Marine Corps. No organization is perfect but by-and-large, yes, I found even the officer ranks to be reasonably meritocratic. If anything the organization's biases were caused by your career background: Infantry Officers rule the Corps as a whole. Fighter pilots rule the Marine Aircraft Wings; every other professional specialty is definitely a second-class citizen.

[pauldenton]

The Marines don’t have any race problems. They treat everybody like they’re black.”- Gen Daniel “Chappie” James Jr., USAF, circa 1970.