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by throwaway828 810 days ago
DEI?

What's wrong with a Diverse, Equitable, Inclusive world?

Of the podcast, not a fan. Nor of the book. But DEI, that's Startrek TOS/TNG bread and butter. What's the problem?

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> What's wrong with a Diverse, Equitable, Inclusive world?

If you center the putative ends and ignore the means, what’s wrong with communism?

Also, even in terms of ends: I come from Asia, where most countries are homogenous. Are you suggesting that Taiwan or Japan is somehow worse because everyone is Taiwanese or Japanese? Would India and Bangladesh both benefit if we took some people from one side of the border and swapped them over to the other side? Or better yet—added a bunch of white people and Latinos? Would Aladdin or Mulan be better with a diverse cast?

That sounds… racist.

DEI the goal is great. Basically every approach to achieve it has been straight up racism and sexism in an attempt to “balance things”.
This statement is a contradiction. Did you edit it?
What? I’m saying DEI as an abstract goal is great. The problem is that every institutional attempt to solve DEI results in blatant discrimination. So it ends up being that you can assume anyone who actually works on DEI initiatives at a corporation is doing pretty shitty things.
> What's wrong with a Diverse, Equitable, Inclusive world?

Ingestion of folly is not wisdom. The litmus test of ideas is the fruit they bear, and the verdict on DEI isn't stellar thus far.

Examples such as?
When your source of evidence is an opinion article, you should seriously re-evaluate the strength of your claims.
The evidence of societal decay abounds, along with the studious denial thereof.
I'm not sure a work of fiction is the best example.
Bud Light, then. It's all the same cultural context. But quibble on, by all means.