Didn’t say I thought you thought I was racist. I said you just decided anyone I pointed out that may have been tired of ism cries was racist (and that was your statement).
Here’s a great real life example. Some of the worst coworkers I’ve had were DEI hires and they stayed on for 6 months of lost productivity because the company had to get every duck in a row because the expectation was that lawsuits would come. So I get 2x workload for someone we shouldn’t have hired and couldn’t fire. I’ve also had great coworkers who were hired regardless of race or other ism. I am not a fan of blanket statements that DEI just solves problems because it has actually affected my ability to keep work life balance drastically in the past. So when I say this, if your reaction is that I’m a racist/homophobe/etc. for expressing legitimate problems, then that reveals the same problem I’m pointing out. And if not, then maybe I need to reevaluate the sentiment that I have seen among people towards Democrats at the moment (which is, it isn’t worth having such discussions because they’ll just be called some ism despite legitimate experiences that should lead to a real problem solving discussion).
That’s a very good example of confirmation bias. I’m not saying that those workers weren’t a problem, but I am definitely saying you pointing out that they were “DEI hires” is confirmation of existing biases.
If you hired bad workers, that’s the company’s fault. DEI doesn’t mean “hire any minority person”. DEI means don’t skip hiring someone because they’re a minority. It means when you find a qualified candidate, you should hire them, even if they’re black or a woman, for example. I’m sorry that your company seemed to misunderstand this. It’s a pretty common misconception, because conservatives want people to believe that DEI initiatives are something that they’re not. They want white men to believe that DEI initiatives are “taking away their jobs”.
And just because someone is a white straight cis man doesn’t mean they’ll be a good worker. The majority of shitty workers I’ve seen were white straight cis men. That’s probably because the majority of workers I’ve seen were white straight cis men, and that’s how statistics works.
Didn’t say I thought you thought I was racist. I said you just decided anyone I pointed out that may have been tired of ism cries was racist (and that was your statement).
Here’s a great real life example. Some of the worst coworkers I’ve had were DEI hires and they stayed on for 6 months of lost productivity because the company had to get every duck in a row because the expectation was that lawsuits would come. So I get 2x workload for someone we shouldn’t have hired and couldn’t fire. I’ve also had great coworkers who were hired regardless of race or other ism. I am not a fan of blanket statements that DEI just solves problems because it has actually affected my ability to keep work life balance drastically in the past. So when I say this, if your reaction is that I’m a racist/homophobe/etc. for expressing legitimate problems, then that reveals the same problem I’m pointing out. And if not, then maybe I need to reevaluate the sentiment that I have seen among people towards Democrats at the moment (which is, it isn’t worth having such discussions because they’ll just be called some ism despite legitimate experiences that should lead to a real problem solving discussion).
That’s a very good example of confirmation bias. I’m not saying that those workers weren’t a problem, but I am definitely saying you pointing out that they were “DEI hires” is confirmation of existing biases.
If you hired bad workers, that’s the company’s fault. DEI doesn’t mean “hire any minority person”. DEI means don’t skip hiring someone because they’re a minority. It means when you find a qualified candidate, you should hire them, even if they’re black or a woman, for example. I’m sorry that your company seemed to misunderstand this. It’s a pretty common misconception, because conservatives want people to believe that DEI initiatives are something that they’re not. They want white men to believe that DEI initiatives are “taking away their jobs”.
And just because someone is a white straight cis man doesn’t mean they’ll be a good worker. The majority of shitty workers I’ve seen were white straight cis men. That’s probably because the majority of workers I’ve seen were white straight cis men, and that’s how statistics works.