End DEI
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Put me on the Color Blind train with Ward Connerly.
"Sue who? Me?"
"Sue everybody."
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"Sue everybody."
White producer sues black weatherman Al Roker for skirting DEI policies at his entertainment company
We're living in the most bizarre timeline one could ever imagine.
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This is the kind of stuff that, as a parent, is scary. Kid uses correct terminology and could get railroaded out of future opportunities because of "racism"...
If that's the only reason, that is preposterous, he should sue, and the teacher and principal should be suspended for 3 days.This is the kind of stuff that, as a parent, is scary. Kid uses correct terminology and could get railroaded out of future opportunities because of "racism"...
Ok I’ll try.
Henry is Mr Kendi’s given middle name. He changed it to Xolani when he got married. So Rufo is being a dick. Which is his MO and hurts his message. But I digress.
My assumption on the tweet is that his Antiracist ideology has now allowed white people to take advantage of the preferences put in place for minorities and the less advantaged. As he sees it.
My take.
His point, I think, is that race is a plus not a minus in the world of education, proven by the fact so many white kids (stunningly) are lying about their race and then being accepted to colleges.
Wow, that's the second time I've heard 'douch(e) canoe' tonight.
I could go months and not hear that term. This could be a sign of the Apocalypse.
To the extent Kendi believes that higher ed is racist because of its acceptance rate of black people, it is a self own I think.
Ruffo is confounding. He’s done a lot of good work fighting against anti racism stupidity. He’s unearthed a lot of embarrassing material on the elites of that world. But he’s taken a purposeful attacking, belligerent style that sometimes veers into meanness and hyperbole that I think undercuts his work. He disagrees and thinks his style is necessary.
I will dumb it down even more. If being white were such a privilege, there would be no reason for white students to claim to be anything but white.
A bomb throwing douche canoe who has basically been 100% right about all of this bull shit... which is what makes him so unlikable. He is right. He knows he is right. He brings receipts. Then he rubs the noses of his opponents in I until they capitulate.
I will take that douche canoe over Kendi any day. Don't get mad at Rufo for pointing out the charlatan. Get mad at the charlatan for sucking so many people in with his snake oil.
Kendi is a racist. Make him a white guy, take all the things he claims and convert them to coming from a white person's POV and nobody would be arguing about being too mean to a white nationalist Klan member spouting racist BS.
Rufo's tone, IMO, is perfect for the topic and the target.
Yet you would never teach your children to do the same.
We need fewer Kendis but fewer Rufos too.
That is kind of a genius move by these kids. It gives me hope for America.
It's dishonest and gross.
I hate the idea of DEI for two reasons. First, it is telling women and non whites that they can't make it on their merits. They need some help. So they have to live with the DEI label. It means they don't get the respect in the work place because they and everyone else knows they are only there because they had an advantage.
On the other hand what does DEI do to those who are truly meritorious? Does a white man who is very good at his job not get the job because a DEI hire cut in front of him? What does he do now especially when he has a family? If I were in his position I would fee very low emotionally because I did everything I was supposed to do and could not get a chance.
What is the bottom line in America? We are all supposed to have an equal chance to compete in the marketplace. DEI destroys all of that.
At least they are trying my friend. They haven't given up yet.
Disregarding the 9th Commandment gives you hope for America?
Why are they lying? It's because they know the deck is stacked against them. Why did Corrie Ten Boon lie about hiding Jews in the walls of her home? It was because of a crooked government bent on evil. Now of course DEI is not the same kind of evil as what the Nazis did, but DEI is a true evil in society.
Here's a decent, pretty objective, run down of Russo. Just found it. I think it captures the tenor of my complaints about him. I guess I'm one of those "ivory tower" people he complains about and maybe you have to do what he does to actually get real change in the world. I'm not psychologically built for politics, I don't think:
Chris Rufo and His Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Afghanistan Take
Since all he has is a hammer, everything looks like a culture-war nail.
www.thebulwark.com
I'll grant that lying isn't always immoral. Your analogy, though, isn't on point.
Kids who lie about their race aren't doing so to get into a college vs. not go to college. They're most likely doing this to get into a more selective school. IU's admit rate is 82.5%, for example. So this lie is about maybe going to a school like Vandy or UNC or Michigan vs. an IU. Hardly the end of the world for these kids or saving a life as in the Nazi example.
In the dishonesty category, though, that MTIOTF started, I'd say this one in upper middle class families is pretty sad: many teach their kids to get ahead by a lot of dishonest means--this, having a professional editor "edit" your college admit essays, paying a doc to give a b.s. diagnosis for extra test taking time on the SAT and ACT, etc. The Varsity Blues scandal was only the tip of the iceberg.
Doing it by any means necessary wasn't on my bingo card today, especially from you.
Really interesting take on the state of politics w/r/t anti-racism ideology:
An excerpt:
And so the future of American politics won’t pit a multiethnic rainbow coalition on one side of the political-ideological divide against a monoracial white coalition on the other—ideological conflict, class conflict, and racial conflict won’t line up along neat lines of fracture.
This might strike you as a good and healthy development — that’s certainly how I see it —but for some on the left, this rainbow vs. reactionary vision of racial conflict had a powerful moral resonance. Progressive anti-racists envisioned a conflict between right and left as a struggle between oppressors and oppressed, between perpetrators of racial injustice and victims of racial injustice, bolstered, crucially, by righteous white allies.
As we approach the midpoint of this decade, what’s emerging instead is something entirely different—a clash between two multiethnic coalitions. The multiethnic coalition on the left, united by a particular vision for racial progress, is arrayed against a multiethnic coalition on the right, united by its opposition to that vision.
The conflict between anti-racists and anti-racialists is an ideological conflict about race, not a conflict in which white supremacists are subjugating marginalized racial others. While this conflict certainly has high stakes, it bears no moral resemblance to Bull Connor ordering the use of fire hoses and police dogs on civil rights protesters.
An excerpt:
And so the future of American politics won’t pit a multiethnic rainbow coalition on one side of the political-ideological divide against a monoracial white coalition on the other—ideological conflict, class conflict, and racial conflict won’t line up along neat lines of fracture.
This might strike you as a good and healthy development — that’s certainly how I see it —but for some on the left, this rainbow vs. reactionary vision of racial conflict had a powerful moral resonance. Progressive anti-racists envisioned a conflict between right and left as a struggle between oppressors and oppressed, between perpetrators of racial injustice and victims of racial injustice, bolstered, crucially, by righteous white allies.
As we approach the midpoint of this decade, what’s emerging instead is something entirely different—a clash between two multiethnic coalitions. The multiethnic coalition on the left, united by a particular vision for racial progress, is arrayed against a multiethnic coalition on the right, united by its opposition to that vision.
The conflict between anti-racists and anti-racialists is an ideological conflict about race, not a conflict in which white supremacists are subjugating marginalized racial others. While this conflict certainly has high stakes, it bears no moral resemblance to Bull Connor ordering the use of fire hoses and police dogs on civil rights protesters.
If you're a troll, you can ignore what follows. If you're actually a pastor, you disgust me with your ignorance and anti-Christian stance.
First, I have no idea what you're talking about when you refer to employees "living with a DEI label." Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 makes it illegal for employers (with 15 or more employees) to discriminate against applicants and employees based on race, color, national origin, sex, religion and other characteristics. DEI initiatives (including training) in the workplace help companies comply with the law. DEI supports the very opposite of what you claim when you state that "DEI ... means they don't get the respect in the workplace." On the contrary, DEI training and related policies help ensure that everyone in the workplace receives the respect they deserve. Numerous studies have shown that DEI initiatives fuel employee innovation, creativity, engagement, collaboration, productivity, retention and, ultimately, the bottom line. Also, DEI initiatives reduce the risk of workplace discrimination and the costly litigation that often follows.
We've made significant progress since 1964 but discrimination in the workplace has hardly disappeared. The EEOC, in fiscal year 2023, filed 143 merit lawsuits and resolved 98 merit suits, recovering almost $23 million for 968 people who were victims of employment discrimination. I'm providing a link to one of the cases below. Educate yourself and stop with the nonsense. DEI initiatives in the workplace serve multiple important purposes.
Whiting-Turner to Pay $1.2 Million to Settle EEOC Racial Harassment and Retaliation Suit
NASHVILLE, Tenn.
My main point was that these kids are not lying in a vacuum. The policies are making them do it. Of course I am not in favor of dishonesty. But I would say Elizabeth Warren was disingenuous by claiming to be an American Indian.
Politely fighting Kendi's line of thought didn't work. People politely acquiesced because being labeled a racist or a meanie was really bad in polite society. When people like Rufo showed up and acted out is when things started to change.
How long on this very forum we're people doing the "That isn't happening or it isn't happening much" dance around this (and other stuff) in schools? Rufo was effective. I will take effective over polite.
