With all the pushback on DEI, I read something interesting the other day. Someone tweeted that “Access is called DEI when talking about minorities, but it’s called networking when talking about white people.”

I laughed but in reality, networking is about opening doors and getting access to opportunities. Is it basically another form of DEI, or was this person just trying to get a social media joke off.

Thoughts?

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That's entirely accurate, great example of funny and true. And it reflects historical reality, traditionally some members of society just didn't have networks to rely on. So in a way diversity programs are a corrective to the lack of networking opportunities.

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I got a good laugh out of it as I read it so yea really funny. I just never looked at DEI as a corrective measure to not having a network to open doors for you but it makes clear sense to me.

Seems about white

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