Is DE&I a scam?
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I’ve generally thought it was pretty obvious it was one. I don’t really get involved in company DEIB areas because I noticed the burden falls on Black women to magically know how to racially diversify a workplace. I’m a lawyer and am not taking on an HR role I didn’t intend to in my career. I’ve built a career I love and am well-respected in and importantly to me, one I’m not tokenized in. On a personal level, I mentor a lot of Black women on the nuances of the legal world and my mentees are doing fairly well in their careers.
All of this!
Yes. It’s all for show. All of these initiatives and yet no actual support for Black employees within their groups. My experience at least.
Take a look at the executive & c suite level of your organization, and it should answer the question for you.
The culture of an organization is dictated by those who sit at the Board, CSuite, and Executive levels, and if that collective looks like a gathering you would never be comfortable at because you take on the endless labor of conforming, defending, or educating the same collective about your your identity, experience, or perspective... well...👀
While it is unrealistic to expect 100% DEI representation at the leadership level, if there is a major disparity with regards to:
- Gender representation
- Age representation
- Socioeconomic background
- Geographical/Cultural representation
- Disability representation
- Identity representation
- Etc
There is a very strong chance that any "DEI" initiatives are performative because the primary decision makers for the organizations really have no clue about any nuances that intersectionally impact their workforce.
True DEI isn't a program, it is woven into the ethos of an organization, and I have yet to ever encounter any company that invested in actually caring about the humanity of their internal customers aka the employees🤷🏾♀️
I have come to hate DEI. I haven't experienced or seen any change in the office since it started
Except, now white people think we have preferential treatment. This is just a lose lose situation for us
The focus needs to be on equity. Equity is a mandate that requires action. Diversity and inclusion are important but secondary/tertiary.
This!!!!! What is the point in hiring when people dont offer the same opportunities as their white cohort
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There’s definitely levels of it that is a scam and that it creates this idea that we’re going to make VP titles and grow the diversity groups but we don’t end up doing that
I even seen these companies make Black Female Auditors and Mathematicians “Head of DEI”
This one chick at Deloitte - they lauded her for NOT reacting to anything no matter how bad it was/she was treated. That is literally what they complemented her on - her ability to take abuse. She is now a DEI person.
This guy is educated as a chemist https://www.linkedin.com/in/kwasi-mitchell?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_app
Yup https://www.linkedin.com/posts/shannonschuyler_mothersday-activity-7063607637271064576-ByuN?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios