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The diversity, equity and inclusion backlash, explained
The Hill ^ | 04/05/2023 | GENE MARKS

Posted on 04/05/2023 9:26:43 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

When George Floyd was murdered, many Americans wanted to do something. Some protested; others pushed to defund the police. The business community, looking to do its part (and receive favorable media attention), went on a diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) hiring spree, bringing on highly-paid executives – mostly racial minorities – to create programs to make their workplaces more attractive for minorities.

But then the economy began to slow. Want to guess what happened next?

According to a recent report from HR consulting firm Revelio Labs, DEI executives were terminated at a much higher rate than all other executives in 2022. Amazon, Applebee’s and Twitter were among the corporate giants that made significant investments in their DEI executives amid a surging economy fueled by rising household wealth and pandemically-bored consumers buying their products.

But the pandemic is over, and the economy is no longer surging. So, they have fired many of those same DEI executives. These companies are not alone in rethinking their investment in DEI managers. Revelio reported that more than 300 DEI professionals left their roles in the last half of 2022 at firms affected by layoffs, and entire DEI departments “were likely eliminated in the bloodbath.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: backlash; diversity; drugoverdose; equity; fentanyl; fentanyloverdose; inclusion; meth; overdose
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Lefty can never explain to me what diversity, equity and inclusion means
1 posted on 04/05/2023 9:26:43 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Quotas.


2 posted on 04/05/2023 9:28:29 AM PDT by alternatives?
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Lefty can never explain to me what diversity, equity and inclusion means

I don't know, but the Boy Scouts now have a REQUIRED merit badge based on it.

https://filestore.scouting.org/filestore/merit_badge_reqandres/CitizenshipSociety_ScoutReqs.pdf

3 posted on 04/05/2023 9:28:30 AM PDT by fwdude (Society has been fully polarized now, and you have to decide on which pole you want to be found.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Whitey DIE!


4 posted on 04/05/2023 9:28:58 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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It’s because all those business started being about DEI, instead of what they were supposed to be doing to pay the bills.


5 posted on 04/05/2023 9:30:14 AM PDT by Codeflier (My voting days are over. Let it burn...give the people what they want good and hard.)
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"....But then the economy began to slow. Want to guess what happened next?

According to a recent report from HR consulting firm Revelio Labs, DEI executives were terminated at a much higher rate than all other executives in 2022......"

It's a start!

6 posted on 04/05/2023 9:30:34 AM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: ChicagoConservative27

George Floyd wasn’t murdered. He died of a fentanyl overdose.


7 posted on 04/05/2023 9:30:39 AM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell>)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

DEI is focused on the elimination of traditional society, which means getting rid of Caucasians, males, heterosexualism, hero’s, literature, math, science, industry, jobs...pretty much everything that has made America great.


8 posted on 04/05/2023 9:30:39 AM PDT by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud? )
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But the pandemic is over, and the economy is no longer surging. So, they have fired many of those same DEI executives.


Eventually money speaks, but sometimes it takes awhile.


9 posted on 04/05/2023 9:31:14 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

anti-whitey


10 posted on 04/05/2023 9:31:33 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: fwdude

A whole category of people that don’t design, manufacture, sell, pack and ship, collect money or manage people.

Why would they NOT be the first to go?


11 posted on 04/05/2023 9:34:34 AM PDT by uranium penguin
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diversity, inclusion, and equity (DIE)

fixed it for you.


12 posted on 04/05/2023 9:35:04 AM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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“When George Floyd was murdered”

Murdered.


13 posted on 04/05/2023 9:37:37 AM PDT by dljordan
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George Floyd wasn’t murdered he O.D. per medical report.


14 posted on 04/05/2023 9:40:49 AM PDT by Vaduz (....)
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To: Sicon

There’s the truth, and then there’s the narrative. The two rarely intersect.


15 posted on 04/05/2023 9:41:30 AM PDT by fwdude (Society has been fully polarized now, and you have to decide on which pole you want to be found.)
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DEI is focused on...

For a while it was DIE, not DEI. But then they realized that DIE wasn't a good look.

16 posted on 04/05/2023 9:45:25 AM PDT by Angelino97
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It means payback, whitey.


17 posted on 04/05/2023 9:46:01 AM PDT by Boogieman
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Lefty can never explain to me what diversity, equity and inclusion means

Too many straight, white, Christian men.

18 posted on 04/05/2023 9:47:15 AM PDT by Angelino97
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According to Salary.com, the average chief diversity officer salary in the United States earns $235,900, with the range typically falling between $203,500 and $279,700.

More than 40 chief diversity officers at some of the country’s largest firms earn more than $300,000 per year. Some universities pay their DEI executives as much as $430,000 per year. That’s just for one person and does not include the compensation paid to the teams of diversity officers and administrators they supervise.

But companies are discovering that they don’t need a highly paid person, much less a dedicated team, to devote themselves fully to DEI initiatives, because there are better ways to achieve those goals.


It means paying a few people to make it look like the problem is addressed.


19 posted on 04/05/2023 9:50:36 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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“Lefty can never explain to me what diversity, equity and inclusion means”.

Could they explain if it was diversity, inclusion and equity?
They want you to D.I.E.


20 posted on 04/05/2023 9:50:46 AM PDT by armourenthusiast (Trumperific)
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