Sorry, but I hate the word equity. It's been thoroughly lib washed. I had to sit through so many meetings where libs gestured at how important equity is without ever describing steps to achieve it.
It was really, in translation, "we'd really enjoy it if more brown people paid to enroll here"
The idea itself is good. Equity recognizes the varied needs of different groups. While I might share more in common with a worker who uses a wheelchair than a billionaire, the wheelchair user still faces accessibility issues that I don’t experience as an able bodied person. It’s reactionary to cry and scream when marginalized workers advocate for their unique interests.
It’s usually corporate initiatives that don’t do anything meaningful for minorities outside of superficial things. But reactionaries fail to see its purpose is to support capitalism and their treats and think it’s some Marxist plot
People started realizing the "woke teachers are teaching your kids CRT" line was bullshit given that CRT was never actually taught below college level, and "college students are electing to take CRT classes" doesn't quite have the same kick. Obviously they're not opposed to just blatantly fucking lying, but most likely they just found a more effective grift.
American chud culture is so influential that I've heard some of the European far-right is rallying against "DEI" despite it being an acronym exclusively for American workforces 💀
Reminds of a German TERF who tried to advocate for "sex-based rights". But her English wasn't very good, so in her translation, it came out as "sexual intercourse-based rights". Nevertheless, she still got a number of votes because no one pays any attention to language if hate is on the menu.
SJW has been on the decline in favor of "woke" variants for a while now, and was even getting pushed out by "CRT" back when that was the trend. It's weird how it's such a hamsterwheel of terms that ultimately get used interchangeably, especially since DEI has been used in its normal sense for some time now.
Literally the closest you can get to real life actual NPCs. I can’t imagine a more hollow existence. If someone offered me a job in HR, starting now, no drug tests, and a hot goth gf, I’d tell them I’d rather stay homeless (I mean the last thing would make me think a minute, maybe).
I'm old enough to remember the 90's when the Political Correctness movement started gaining traction and reactionaries were frothing mad over (now accepted and uncontroversial terms) "African-American" and "mentally challenged". Even the suggestion that "stewardess" should now be called "flight attendant" was viewed as an attack on their freedom of expression.