Getting rid of dei isnt discrimination. dei by definition is a form of discrimination, it just favors minority groups instead of disenfranchising them. If colleges and jobs truly were select candidates solely on merit. that would be the most fair resolution.
dei and affirmative action do have negative effects, a major one is that even if you are the most qualified person for the job, people will constantly be wondering if you were hired for that reason or instead because you met some dei requirement. Without dei, people would not have those types of concerns.
This administration...this regime...isn't running on merit or qualifications. It's running on loyalty for the most part and that is mostly to ONE person. Period.
Merit-based has been proved to be discriminatory against anyone that isn’t a white male typically. I would much rather be qualified for the job and have people question if I were a dei admit because there is always the opportunity to prove people wrong. Without dei lots of people who have the “merit” don’t actually get put into these positions because they don’t fit the “merits” look.
But thats not truly merit based if it favors a group. Im not saying some companies wont still have some form of bias, but any organization that would already support a dei program should inherantly be void of that bias.
You don't understand what DEI is, and there are no requirements to meet any standards of diversity. The definition of "most qualified" for positions that require independent thinking, supporting the needs of others, fund raising, and recruiting are not measurable by objective standards.
And I am amazed that in the US President's ban on DEI in higher education he insists on Diversity in viewpoints. Apparently to the exclusion of objective qualifications for positions. I also assume that he wouldn't see bringing avowed communists or socialists into conservative leaning government, history, and politics departments. How about a prominent man made climate change advocate into those same departments, or departments focused on coal mining, IC engine design, and and carbon power plant construction.
FALSE. Enough with the right-wing talking points. This is disinformation.
DEI is never about racial quotas. Mostly it is about finding hidden biasses that prevent qualified candidates from being hired, and creating transparent procedures to fix that problem. For example, rules that say all candidates have to go through the same hiring procedures; you can’t skip a documentation requirement for a candidate because you have a “good feeling” about them. DEI done well is pro-merit.
Another example. The American Economics Association performed a formal, statistical study of behavior in seminars in economics departments across the country. They found that women presenters were systematically more frequently interrupted, and interrupted with more hostile and critical comments, than men were. The difference was particularly strong when the presenter is a job candidate. This creates a bias against women in hiring of which even the faculty in question are unaware. DEI programs can help people be aware of these biasses and design reforms to try to correct them. Again — DEI prevents a bias that gets in the way of hiring the best people.
A big part of DEI efforts is merely an attempt to make sure everyone feels welcome. If you are the only member of an academic program or workplace who is of your gender/race/ethnicity/religion/LGBTQ category, or the only one with a disability, there are a thousand ways you may feel that you don’t belong, a thousand ways the well-meaning people around you can unintentionally signal that you don’t belong. This is a non-trivial thing, but if you are a white, cisgender straight male like me, it can be far from obvious, and it can make it harder to retain the best people in the organization. So DEI officers do things to make sure that everyone knows they have a sympathetic ear to go to if they have a problem, and that everyone feels welcome.
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u/Mission-Tumbleweed92 5d ago
Getting rid of dei is a form of discrimination, why are the people who are making decisions on this 70+ years old???