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‘America Is Under Attack’: Inside the Anti-D.E.I. Crusade (www.nytimes.com)

submitted 8 months ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to c/usa@lemmy.ml

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[–] aew360@lemm.ee 7 points 8 months ago (2 children)

My mom is convinced that the Boeing airplane side panel blowout was because Boeing was focused on DEI. What the fuck

[–] chuck@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 months ago

Na I'm pretty sure the Boeing issues are due to outsourcing and shifting blame to subcontractors.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 1 points 8 months ago

Bogus conspiracy theories like that get pushed by management as a means of deflecting from their own failings and have the effect of hurting a lot of people

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 4 points 8 months ago

Michael O'Neill Burns of Wisecrack made a decent video yesterday, explaining the DEI rollback in a larger historical context.
DEI: Have We Lost Our Minds?

[–] chuck@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Ok define acronyms FFS (for fuck sake)

DEI = diversity, equity, and inclusion. Seeing what the hell is hidden behind the letters makes easier to see what this is about

[–] Rootiest@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Thanks, it really annoyed me that the whole article never once defined it