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[-] ThirdConsul@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 weeks ago

As far as I understand, DEI as a policy in a university or workplace means giving place to a candidate because not of their merits or test scores, but because of their race or background.

Isn't that racism?

Be gentle, am not USian.

[-] badmin@lemm.ee 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

There is a manifesto that is literally titled the "The Post-Meritocracy Manifesto" which a lot of people unironically agreed with, at least when those were hot topics a few years ago.

So any attempt at pretending that there isn't an anti-meritocracy angle to this would be disingenuous to say the least.

That same person behind the manifesto is a primary figure in introducing CoC's to software projects btw.

[-] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

So any attempt at pretending that there isn’t an anti-meritocracy angle to this would be disingenuous to say the least.

DEI initiatives aren’t perfect, and like anything else you have individuals who may misapply or overzealously apply their principles, causing a different sort of problem.

To deny that, or to pretend that such misapplication is the typical mainstream application of DEI principles, would be equally disingenuous.

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