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[–] conartistpanda@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)
[–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 11 hours ago

That explains Trump's problem with it. He can't stand the idea he'd be the bottom.

[–] knobbysideup@sh.itjust.works 7 points 15 hours ago (6 children)

TBH, as a poor white kid from coal country, DEI based scholarships were quite unfair to me. Busting my ass to survive while these kids who were already better off than me from the start got a free ride. Nonsense.

I don't have a great answer, but the extreme implementations of these programs and now the extreme removal of them are both wrong.

[–] Glent@lemmy.ca 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Care to describe the extreme implementation?

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[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

This anecdote ignores what the broader statistics prove, though. There will always be outliers. But in general, there are groups that are not white kids that are more likely to be disenfranchised and excluded at large scale.

[–] Draces@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago

Their point seems to be exactly that the bigger point ignores the anecdotes and we shouldn't do that either?

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[–] Realitaetsverlust@lemmy.zip -1 points 7 hours ago (3 children)

That's a stupid take tbh. Nobody is against those things. What people have a problem with is the side effects. Very obvious to see in the entertainment sector where entire historic events and facts are ignored for the sake of DEI. Saw that with the cleopatra movie and is currently a big problem with assassins creed shadows which is literally insulting large parts of japanese culture just so they can put their western morals into it.

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[–] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 11 points 17 hours ago

"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it"
- Not Voltaire

[–] bluelander@lemmy.ml 5 points 15 hours ago

This 1000%. Stop separating your words from their meanings.

Say what you mean and mean what you say.

[–] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 5 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Two kinds of people: the heterosexual white man and the diversity hire

[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 5 points 16 hours ago

Christian heterosexual white man. Can't have any of those minority religions, or worse atheists, sneaking in.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago

I seem to recall Trump wanting to end the divisiveness of inclusiveness and somehow people just accepted him saying that

[–] 4oreman@lemy.lol 4 points 17 hours ago (4 children)

ok but american "dei" is generally insincere, and that's the problem

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