Fascinating article on DEI initiatives at the Secret Service
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Both generational and societal, not necessarily other races, just a general sense of entitlement and softness
I guess I give off the wrong impression then. I disagree with people on here but I'm not offended by them.
Fair enough. I have no problem with the objective...just see some problems with the way it's being implemented in some quarters.
Agreed. In hiring practices I think it’s reasonable to consider diversity as A factor, not THE determining factor.
I also think it’s reasonable to have awareness seminars and such at work in general to expose people to other cultures/POVs.
I've been in on some of the DE&I seminars... I'm old enough to remember Coke's "Try to be less white"
Do you have a link where the company sent a notice?
I remember the Coke can that went viral and the DEI training link from Indeed
but not a statement from the company to its employees
Indeed training link
Coke Statement
The goal of our diversity training is to help build a better workplace, one that is respectful for all. Recently, we learned that content accessible through our company training platform did not align with this approach. To be clear, this was not a part of our training curriculum and we immediately removed the links to that content.
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Or tolerate any viewpoint different from their own.
You must be standing in front of a mirror. Tell your sister hello for me. Not the brightest but you must agree she is a great kisser
I'm sure you get your kicks out of kissing ashes. Is there even one maga scum that isn't perverted?
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I'm sorry, I wasn't sensitive to people like you whose entire careers can be explained by special treatment. DEI was a god send for people who can't compete when skill, brains and merit are considered, right Hawki97?
Hawki97 is basically a modern version of Forrest Gump without the good luck.
It’s also racist to say blacks are gifted athletically similar to saying Asians are good at math. You are associating a trait with the entire race.
Not against diversity, against diversity for the sake of diversity.
This reminds me how some of you can identify the political party and whether they were raised by two parents simply by skin color.
It’s probably useful to note that neither of those stereotypes are actually true if you actually look at smart data.
Give me an example. Looking at the size of the us population, then comparing it to our professional sports leagues, seems obvious. Looking at iq, ACT, SAT, other exam and gpa markers, it also seems obvious
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Sure. Athleticism and intelligence are both sets of a wide variety of aptitudes and abilities. Take athleticism first: sub-Saharan African seem to have a physiological advantage in sprinting. Caucasians seem to have a physiological advantage in swimming. Asians tend to excel in sports with fast hand eye coordination (baseball, cricket, table tennis, e-sports). Hispanics and North Africans excel at distance running etc. Each of these abilities seem to come from environmental factors that their ancestors slowly adapted to.
Intelligences are obviously trickier. However, those too seem to have aptitudes. East Asians have a mathematical competency. Aborigines have been shown to have greater spatial intelligence on average. Sub-Saharan Africans a greater competency at identifying linguistic patterns. Those of European descent tend to excel at logical analysis.
The biggest thing to remember is that socioeconomics, parental education, parental involvement, life experiences, culture etc. are MUCH bigger factors in these aptitudes.
I said athletic. Running , jumping, etc. Swimming also fits the general stereotype. I just am not afraid to acknowledge that they are differences in races that grab benefits in certain areas, such as intelligence and athleticism, and that trying to legislate equity is not meritous or worthwhile.
The problem is “intelligence” and “athleticism” are far too broad strokes, as I pointed out. And especially intelligence is a highly subjective term when it comes down to it. And worst of all, this broad brush exaggerates racial differences which are minute and attributable to many more important factors.
I’m not sure how minute they are. Look at the numbers in the NFL, NBA, etc . Look at IQ scores. Pretty significant. I get why people want to say it’s not a racial difference and only a customs and socioeconomic difference, but it’s not. You can legislate equal opportunity for success, you can’t legislate equal success, nor should that be a goal
@Menace Sockeyes
I respect you as a poster even though we are often on opposite ends of the spectrum. I appreciate you debating the issue and not attacking the person.
I respect you as a poster even though we are often on opposite ends of the spectrum. I appreciate you debating the issue and not attacking the person.
