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  • Except that’s not what’s happening. Or rather, that’s not what DEI was doing.

    DEI programs are just making underrepresented people more visible. No one’s being hired because they look different.

    And for centuries white men have been getting jobs that more qualified people were passed for, because they were white and male. DEI was just to level the playing field.








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    6 months ago

    Flipping burgers for us. There were only the two options. That or college. And a few minutes spent on talking to creditors if you can’t pay the loan but DON’T WORRY ABOUT THAT YET just go to school the bills will take care of themselves.

    20 years and 50k in as of yet unpaid student debt later for a piece of paper I never and will never use, I ended up going to trade school and getting it paid for by my employer entirely.

    Now I have a better job, union representation, and almost no petty office bullshit. Had I entered the field after high school I’d be one of the most knowledgeable people in my field. But, it was college or burgers, they spent a lot of money to send that message as often as possible.


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    6 months ago

    I have some terrible news for you.

    People will continue to do that. It happens all over the world, one group calling something they’ve invented a “Spanish” this or “American” that.

    I’ve seen “American Pizza” served in Japan with hot dogs and corn and a bbq sauce. I’ve seen “Korean beef” as basically a spicy alternative to Mongolian beef. None of these dishes originate in the country they’re named for, and the people from those countries would probably recoil at the thought of all of them.

    It’s just a thing people do, have always done, and will continue to do.