'The future of DEI is at risk here': DEI under attack after Harvard president’s resignation

Claudine Gay’s resignation at Harvard is just the latest battle in the war over diversity, equity and inclusion. From college campuses to corporate America, leaders are weighing how and whether to openly back ‘DEI’. Daivd Gura joins to discuss.
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#DEI #Harvard #ClaudineGay

[@larryp5024]

In a true meritocracy, there is no room or place for DEI. Full Stop.

[@DavidLee-vp3nr]

we don't live in a true meritocracy..we never will. The closest thing is sports...

[@anthonykostelnik3148]

Preach

[@Tc-ih8zj]

A 'Middle Way' might be the best approach forward -- meritocracy, but with some respect towards some form of diversity & inclusion. The key challenge is how much is "Some", who defines it, and how to practice it in a meaningful, practical, sustainable way.

[@jayson7627]

​@@Tc-ih8zj No middle ground. Only merit based.

[@carmenmccauley1235]

exactly.

[@rorybartolomei7888]

It’s not DEI , it’s racism

[@robfarrell9104]

What do you expect from the democrat think tank. They want the slaves back on the plantation.

[@theophany150]

What is, Rory?

[@deebee4575]

@@theophany150 I can see your reading comprehension is not all that great.

[@theophany150]

@@deebee4575 And I can see that you do not understand DEI. Just like the man said, you have invented your own definition without understanding perhaps?

[@jjeter]

Always playing the victim will only get you so far buddy.

[@GlobalShutterNY]

Not an 'excuse' to get rid of DEI - actual evidence that DEI is a bad idea - unqualified people being hired for positions - just bad business...

[@MM-ng5wc]

So most businesses are wh!te I guess u all were unqualified when a lot have failed.

[@anthonykadjei007]

Mfs went From Defund the Police to CRT to Woke n now to DEI....Hatred of Black American is Disease for Real..Get some help bro

[@fuckamericanidiot]

​@@anthonykadjei007Different names for the same thing. Race Marxism. Pro-racial discrimination.

[@turdferguson3475]

Her race didn't get her fired, it got her hired.

[@greglane3978]

Her lying and incompedence got her fired.

[@philipiano001]

...resigned...

[@NobodyNeedstoknow-bq5px]

@@philipiano001 When the choice is resign or get fired, most people choose resigned because being fired makes you less likely to be hired in the future.

[@HOHLfmly]

no, a political attack got her fired

[@HOHLfmly]

@@greglane3978 hey back when she’s broke her thesis, they didn’t have computers. How would she be able to check for plagiarism?

[@xRealisticOfficial]

It’s about time that people started waking up and realizing DEI is not a job qualification. I don’t care your race, religion, gender, ethnicity or any other characteristic. If you’re not qualified, you’re not qualified. Period.

[@thewintergardener2873]

Agreed...... DEI is a meritless based scheme that has been a colossal failure --- which is what can be expected when quotas are put before qualifications..

[@lotsoffun4716]

@@thewintergardener2873 I agree.

[@douglasreagan4979]

You Triggered a liberal.

[@bigneiltoo]

It couldn't be much simpler: since American companies are not FORBIDDEN from hiring diverse workers, then FORCING them to GUARANTEES things will be WORSE.

[@bigneiltoo]

@@thewintergardener2873 Subtitled: When you let women vote...

[@FrenchieFlimFlam]

Just hire the best candidates. You're literally creating more racism than you're fixing

[@hm3drake35]

By the "best", you mean whites only.

[@chucklesthered2338]

DEI has to go. All it does is divide people.

[@johnhardasnails7464]

Harvard is obviously not the best college anymore when they support crazy ideas like their president’s clown show

[@bj-to7uq]

I’ve worked for many large corporations. They absolutely do not hire the ‘best’ candidates, especially for higher paying jobs. They hire candidates who look like them and make them feel comfortable. Often they are not qualified for the jobs. So yeah, let’s keep up the current practices so we all have to answer to incompetent white men on the job. 5:41

[@kambasiartre6187]

Yeah but racial separatist want more racism it's literally their goal.

[@jeckjeck3119]

Diversity, Equality and inclusion should NEVER come before merit. Especially not in education. Destroying merit is not serving any of those ideals, it's destroying them.

[@desertviking24]

The "E" in DEI stands for Equity not Equality. How to tell the difference... with Equality, everyone in competition starts at the same starting line. With Equity, people who are considered disadvantaged are allowed to cheat, regardless of their capabilities and skills.

[@dominuslogik484]

@@desertviking24 its funny how me saying that everyone should get to start at the same spot and nobody should be held back is called racist but a bunch of upper class white people are so convinced of their superiority that they think black people can't compete with them in academics without a large and heavily entrenched system of benefits.

[@therealheisenberg6182]

That should apply to legacy admissions as well.

[@IronskullGM]

@@desertviking24 To achieve racial equity, one must violate civil and EEO rights by establishing racial hierarchies to racially discriminate people for positions which leads to racial segregation.

[@dominuslogik484]

@@therealheisenberg6182 when they took away Affirmative action most Universities took away legacy admissions as well. they were using handouts to minorities as a cover up for their blatant classism in higher education. getting rid of affirmative action has done more good for the American education system than anyone is willing to admit.

[@bigpapakilcrease7065]

DEI is beyond. I work for the fed and it’s unreal the volume that it’s pushed you’d be lucky to get through a week without receiving at least five emails on the matter. It’s literally a substantial portion of my week to screen through these cultist emails. Just don’t say Christmas.

[@Dr-386]

Same, if my agency sends through one more diversity email I’m throwing my tax payer laptop.

[@neondystopian]

A society that does not value merit cannot survive.

[@khiem1939]

True, universities like Harvard graduate "some" talented students...and some idiots!

[@pakpala1]

Like when they said black people were not smart enough to be quarterback in the NFL..

[@neondystopian]

@@khiem1939 yeah, proclaiming you studied at Harvard just doesn't have the same impact that it used to, LOL

[@lindaSmith6588]

My company is global. It's DEI is about providing support to people. Creating mentoring opportunities. It is about reflecting the make up of the around, but not about putting people in positions just because of as one aspect

[@neondystopian]

@@lindaSmith6588 but it does so at the expense of _my_ opportunity. What you think dei is, is what you want it to be, not what it actually is.

[@myron-ut2nf]

As a person of color I want hired for what I can do and not who I am.

[@Shyste_p]

You only represent yourself. Nobody cares what you want except your mom & children

[@pakpala1]

As a person of whiteness in America, I am hired because I am white.

[@RJL612]

As a Progressive, I have 💩 for brains, but look how virtuous I am. I'm a good white ally, even though the people I champion for don't respect me.

[@CapitalDefendr]

​@@Shyste_ponly the people w character care, so...

[@lindaSmith6588]

That's great. Once you are in a company, would you like a mentor? What if you get into a company and find "the good old boys club" doesn't care how talented you are because you're not one of them! To me, a company with DEI signals the company is addressing these concerns.

[@A_friend_of_Aristotle]

Companies across the US have been abandoning DEI policies for almost a year not because its undefined or makes them nervous, but because it is divisive and destructive to any team effort. It thwarts productivity and creates an acidic work environment, which hurts the bottom line. ESG is a similar story, except its not an ideal to work towards, but an altar of sacrifice that requires companies to flush billions of dollars down the "green" toilet.

[@skk5214]

There are two kinds of people who are involved in issues like these; those who want to end oppression and those who just want to trade places with their oppressors.

[@extremelube8071]

There is a extreme lack of DEI in the NBA.

[@Magplar]

We need more Asian representation. The NBA needs to stop this anti Asian racism at once! Each team should be required to start 3 Asians out of fairness.

[@nancydavieau]

⁠@@Magplar😂

[@SigIsJunk-sj7ds]

Especially the NFL😂

[@TheGreyGhost_of43rd]

They are more qualified for the job. Move along

[@RonnieMyers777]

NBA is short-phobic

[@cramsa]

DEI is anything but “inclusive.”

[@user-hc1pt4rc8q]

It will exclude obviously more qualified people

[@jeckjeck3119]

It didn't fix the issue it replaced.

[@mariejane1567]

well don't be included then goofy. DEI makes sure everyone is included. The data in the workforce stills say "The man" is still in charge ok Kyle.......

[@splendidrush1]

​.... everyone is already included, what we don't want is people, less qualified, being given a 'leg up' because of their ethnicity or skin colour.....

[@bradspringer2372]

​@@mariejane1567Huh?

[@guylanctot4395]

Why would anyone double down on DEI after the Supreme Court ruled affirmative action to be a violation of constitutional rights in regards to college admissions?

[@whysocurious7366]

Legacy admissions is the bigger issue imo. Handouts to the rich make no sense.

[@guylanctot4395]

@@whysocurious7366 legacy admissions are not a problem--not only do they not discriminate against anyone's race, but legacy students have higher graduation rates than general admissions. Why not give opportunities to people most likely to succeed and contribute to your institution in the future?

[@whysocurious7366]

@@guylanctot4395 I understand that you live in a privileged lil bubble, princess, but just because your daddy bribes your teachers to give you good grades, and you graduate thanks to his money, doesn’t mean you’re “more likely to contribute” than working-class people who do actual work to earn their education.

[@guylanctot4395]

@@whysocurious7366 legacy students are many times more likely to contribute financially to the institution their parents attended--and in turn, are many times more likely to produce children who will do the same. The good grades are likely to "keep the legacy" as being kicked out would be embarrassing for their families. Calling me a privileged princess doesn't change the reality that legacy admissions are beneficial to both universities and academic families.

[@guylanctot4395]

@@whysocurious7366 also, bribery is a crime and it does happen... as proved by the Lori Loughlin case recently. People caught bribing admissions or teachers should do prison time--and do.

[@NobodyNeedstoknow-bq5px]

Having enough integrity to not plagiarize other people's work has nothing to do with diversity, it is simply about academic honor and integrity. It's sad that the liberals have decided that a persons skin color outweighs their integrity.

[@davidwhite8220]

That is mandated by their "illogic". They believe (when it "fits the narrative") that "consistent with" => "indicative of". And so it is that, since Gay's resignation is "consistent with" racism it is "indicative of" racism. Once they have reached this conclusion, plagiarism becomes irrelevant. Not to mention that plagiarism has to be referred to as "allegations of plagiarism" produced by "conservatives", horrors! Again, "consistent with" => "indicative of": "consistent with" political animus => "indicative of" political animus. Facts be damned: within Former Far Left ideology, facts are not relevant ...

[@Time_to_Stop_Animal_Abuse]

They are not liberals. They r Neo- Marxists.

[@daveweller9579]

Hiring someone for being a black woman is not the same as hiring someone one who is a black woman .

[@familyzforever]

You nailed it

[@believeit1234]

Spot on comment

[@Randy-jz9ox]

Underrated comment

[@dawlesstech8904]

True, and her lack of qualifications for the position proves the former situation.

[@chingron]

And don’t forget… DEI means hiring a LIBERAL black woman. I guarantee you not a single conservative black woman has ever benefited from DEI.

[@machone539]

Ask yourself this: Do I want the BEST neurosurgeon or someone who became a neurosurgeon because of DEI working on my family member?

[@maplebones]

You are saying a person who became a surgeon because of DEI can't be the best surgeon . Only a fool would say that.

[@bryanmannoia8410]

@@maplebones only a fool would say that dei is a qualification. test results in med school matter more than your skin color. sorry libbie.

[@user-rg7uh9se4c]

​@@maplebonesIt works against the best surgeon possibility. And you are not answering the question.

[@user-rg7uh9se4c]

Macho, I would take the best neurosurgeon.

[@seinfan9]

I like gambling on the skin color factor. It's way more exciting to believe that they are magically the most qualified when that was never actually taken into account.

[@terriiiii]

I actually think this hurt Harvard more than they are leading on.

[@DickGozinya-zl2bd]

"The future of DEI is at risk here" GOOD! Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would be disgusted with DEI. It's literally the exact opposite of what he preached, "Judge a man by the content of his character (or in the case of DEI, his ability) & NOT the color of his skin."

[@Ghost-eu1rg]

As it should be, DEI is one of the worst policies we’ve ever thought of and it’s time for it to end

[@MyFiddlePlayer]

Did you listen to the interview or just come here to comment? I don't think you understand what DEI is.

[@ericlencher2356]

@@MyFiddlePlayer your parents are siblings.

[@stophate2023]

4 in 5 white guys hate DEI. Racists hate Diversity for sure.

[@rootcanal7188]

@@MyFiddlePlayer LOL. DEI is deliberate racism and discrimination against White people and men.

[@ronRon-fl1qw]

And I bet you believe feminism is about equality too, don’t cha? We don’t need your Marxist scholar’s definition. DEI is anti-white discrimination, we aren’t blind

[@ReligiousZombie]

Curious how they never mentioned the plagiarism allegations.

[@roaminanderson9951]

Over 50 times

[@BeelySalasBlair-uy5wn]

Yeah, this segment, and what you mentioned, and other things, but not a lot of deets. Every industry is getting shaken it looks like.

[@BeelySalasBlair-uy5wn]

​@@roaminanderson9951details, and more. Longer segment.

[@whocares110]

It's only allegations until it's shown to be truth.

[@roaminanderson9951]

@whocares110 already proof. Seen a post of the things she said already

[@Didleeios88]

Even the host knows dei is terrible. She's picking her words carefully so as not to get in trouble.

[@user-rm8vz9vr9g]

DEI should be completely abolished.

[@riptide10x60]

I can’t understand how a parent can watch all the drama and indoctrination taking place at Harvard and still decide to send their kid there

[@monkeybusines77]

The parents know how the game is played. Go along with the academic narrative and you go places and opportunities expand.

[@Didleeios88]

Ivy League is not for the education it's for the connections to other rich people and status.

[@ozark8043]

It's about power. That's all it is. Larry Fink of BlackRock said they'd "force racial and social changes on society".

[@darkcoeficient]

They want their kids to be part of the club.

[@ButterfatFarms]

I can't understand how you can't understand the advantages of sending your kid to Harvard rather than some other institution. But whatever you do what's best for your kid and send them to state college instead.

[@krisjones4051]

If DEI is unable to be defined, then how do you know that it’s beneficial to a business model?

[@FreeSpeechYouTube]

​@@Veritas-invenitur Thank you for confirming that the purpose of this ideology is to equalize outcomes, an absolutely ridiculous endeavor that's failed countless times in various forms, instead of equalization of opportunities. The ol equality of opportunity versus equality of outcome....something many leftists will deny.

[@maplebones]

What he said it that the money changers are unable to define it. Probably because they only know value in things that bring them money. Diversity is the antidote to the high levels of inbreeding that exists in various groups and markets.

[@FreeSpeechYouTube]

@@maplebones By destroying a company's market share? Maoist

[@darthsilversith667]

@@maplebonesYou can still have a wide range of “diversity”.. and that collective pool never change a shade..

[@robertarthurs328]

​@@Veritas-inveniturIt's assured to benefit anyone other than a specific group.

[@concepcionkennedy5183]

She is not officially out. She is still a professor there teaching students which is a shame.

[@cyeszin2818]

Food for thought. If you have to fight to normalize it..... It isnt normal

[@user-dr1zd4fx2d]

A lot of boomers bailed out into early retirement due to discriminatory DEI practices that resulted in a needless loss of talent. Our country is less competitive in the global marketplace as a result.

[@PolyThumper]

DEI cancelled advanced sixth grade math in our district because mostly one certain race got into the advanced class and made the other races feel badly.

[@DebbieDerpSybilz]

Lies.

[@oceania2385]

@@DebbieDerpSybilz How so Debbie ?

[@PolyThumper]

@@DebbieDerpSybilz No. This literally happened. The advanced math class was comprised mostly of Asians and some whites and few Hispanic or black students. So they labelled the advanced math class as being "tracking". The DEI people saw it as anointing "privileged" students for higher math achievement instead of something earned by ability, homework and demonstrated results. It's happening all over the country. DEI seeks to achieve "equal outcomes".

[@DebbieDerpSybilz]

​@@enigma12990No, they don't, Sybil.

[@oceania2385]

@@PolyThumper Same thing happened in my school district in Seattle & they gutted the gifted program.

[@realflo5623]

just look how this DEI hire dragged an entire institution like Harvard into the dirt....way to go claudine!!

[@PlainCheesePizza]

Just read the comment section to get an understanding on how people feel about this topic.

[@DAndyLord]

Good. Using racism to combat racism is silly. We'd never defeat a fishmonger by giving her more fish.

[@Rotoflier]

From the river to the sea Fishmongers will be free!

[@bigneiltoo]

@@Rotoflier If only we were free from The Water Cooler to The HR Office.

[@user-rg7uh9se4c]

Look how obviously phony, DAndy, conservative you are. When you described the fishmonger you gave it female gender!!!!!

[@theophrastus3.056]

Uh…. a fishmonger is someone who sells fish. But I agree that DEI is doomed to failure.

[@DemocRATsTouchKids]

They're not combating racism. They ARE the racism

[@JT.common_sense]

DEI must be abandoned. Companies need to hire the best person for the job not the person believed to check a feel good societal box.

[@kmock]

This is the problem with government, to many unqualified bureaucrats because DEI

[@mbic7249]

Hire someone that’s qualified for the position period.

[@mariejane1567]

you're assuming blacks aren't qualified but it's actually the opposite. Im the most educated and highest performing associate and the least paid.

[@user-hc1pt4rc8q]

@@mariejane1567 If you are qualified you dont need DEI.

[@mariejane1567]

@@user-hc1pt4rc8q we agree we need more lawsuits 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@mariejane1567]

@@user-hc1pt4rc8q right I dont but employers do......

[@barneyronnie]

​@@mariejane1567I suppose that's why there aren't any Nobel Prizes awarded to blacks in the hard sciences, no black Fields Medalists and no black Abel Prize Winners...

[@sharpe67]

DEI equals lowered standards, lowered expectations and lowered positive results.

[@rguimond]

Discrimination based on skin color is wrong. DEI is an example of systemic racism in practice.

[@tourneytike13]

Even if there is a DEI war, you should have leaders that arent so easy to take down. Plagiarism? Really? No dean should ever be found doing that. Many students get kicked out by deans for that same academic CRIME!

[@user-wh9vy2fx8y]

Defund Harvard

[@SassyUnicorn86]

Harvard is not a state funded school. It's private like Duke University

[@theophany150]

Harvard is private.

[@theophany150]

You probably need more explanation. That means they do not exist by federal or state funding. STUDENTS may get student aid, Pell grants, etc.

[@kh8655]

@@theophany150 yeah and they have to say what school they're going to to get that money lol

[@theophany150]

@@kh8655 So you think denying Harvard students their $2000 or however much it is now is going to make a dent in their acceptance, hmmm?

[@douglasreagan4979]

Wokeness took a BIG HIT, people are fed up with it.

[@hm3drake35]

define WOKE?

[@andreabonanno437]

@@hm3drake35supporting affirmative action,gender-neutral bathrooms,and taking a knee during the national anthem 😢..basically hate your country

[@CousinBowling]

​@@hm3drake35wow you actually bought into the propaganda that it can't be defined? I really thought that was just a reddit talking point. You know it's really easy to define, right? That's not the win you think it is lol.

[@hm3drake35]

@@CousinBowling so you can’t define it?

[@douglasreagan4979]

@@hm3drake35 The Liberal religion of imaginary Racism, permanent victim hood, avoiding responsibility, and intellectual Laziness.

[@pwk22]

If you've ever been required to attend a corporate DEI training meeting, as I have, you know it's an Orwellian exercise in groupthink where the attendees are not allowed to state the obvious counterarguments, lest they be sent to the human resources' Soviet-style reeducation camps.

[@tonyberkel6323]

DEI, Just like affirmative action is a dangerous path. I remember the Navy implementing affirmative action for its pilot programs. During that period, the Navy witnessed many flight mishaps. Was it worth it?

[@bigneiltoo]

@howardbueker6607 We need Infirmative Action.

[@TACTICALwaffle2]

@@bigneiltoono we don’t need institutional racism, because that’s all affirmative action is

[@glanyan5462]

CBS just ran a story a few days ago about how the airlines are doing this (trying to get more woman and black women to be pilots). I told my wife, "This won't end well. They should just hire the best. This is passengers lives."

[@seanstephenson7081]

They are doing this again... saying they need more diverse pilots.

[@MrBoxofplastic]

Because the race or ethnicity of the pilot really matters when I take a flight lol ​@@seanstephenson7081

[@magicalminty6203]

DEI is just a different version of racism, and frankly, the future of racism SHOULD BE at risk. The only job in which someone's skin color should matter, is if they're an actor playing a part.

[@1k1ngst0n]

it's time to bring back standardized testing like the SAT and ACT. We need merit based admissions instead of the current system that hurts many high achieving students.

[@aaronw8781]

I work in higher education and have a front row seat to DEI. These so-called initiatives have really made a career that I absolutely loved into one that I’ve considered walking away from.

[@AwkwardTruths]

DEI has got to go. And government should not be sending money to any private institution - period.

[@donaldbingham8990]

I can't believe that you would run a story about DEI without defining DEI.

[@TheBanjoShowOfficial]

I believe it, it’s MSNBC

[@maplebones]

If you can't define it, it's probably something outside your wheelhouse. How about a story about inbreeding. Can you define it ?

[@allisons6910]

@@maplebones Oh yes, because education is something you look down on? Gross. Btw you also didn't realize this does NOTHING for LEGACY ADMISSIONS. Look that one up, pal.

[@bryanmannoia8410]

@@maplebones your family?

[@DonaldJ2024]

​@@allisons6910It's fake news buddy. What did you expect 😂

[@turdferguson3475]

The irony of someone who got hired because of her race, complaining that she got fired because of her race.

[@peterhaslund]

Please explain how this woman got to teach at Harvard if not for DEI? Anyone?

[@stephenpignetti6598]

DEI has run its course!

[@bigneiltoo]

Yes, it drove America into a tree (while drunk). Now blames the tree.

[@JuanGonzalez-wq9hy]

For now on to be known as DIE.

[@splendidrush1]

Thank God....

[@ruthbanon6049]

No. DEI is not beneficial for nuttin. Employees should be hired on MERIT, not out of hobnobbing with their racial pressure group who gets them the job. DEI should be called out for the BS that it is.

[@lindaSmith6588]

Integrated teams do not just happen. There are talented people of every race etc. There is a natural basis to hire people "just like me". A good DEI program helps to make sure everyone is being mentored. It is about people different cultures realizing similarities.

[@ruthbanon6049]

@@lindaSmith6588 Thats the theory (DEI programs make sure etc.). But in reality thats not what happens. These teams in reality "make sure" that unfit people get positions they do not merit. Really talented people get jobs without DEI intervention and always have. DEI make sure that untalented people "just like me" get hired.

[@ruthbanon6049]

@@lindaSmith6588 Laboratories and research institutes are chock full of white and Asian people who got the job on merit. No Japanese or Chinese or Korean need DEI help. Those teams are full-on integrated.

[@bigneiltoo]

@@lindaSmith6588 "Making sure everyone is being mentored" is not making things better. But you make a good point. Certain races need a LOT more mentorship.

[@bigneiltoo]

@@lindaSmith6588 Whites are the ONLY group who are NOT ALLOWED to have in-group preference. The ONLY group that cannot have "pride". But MOST of the most important inventions in the past 500 years were from White, heterosexual men. So all the losers got together to form the Democrat Party. Great job on San Francisco.

[@AFRICA4AFRICANS]

I rather DIE on my feet than DEI on my knees

[@utorrent01]

DEI is no different from racism

[@kperson4560]

Perhaps getting people best for the job?

[@chrissorensen9511]

Anything that can be destroyed by the truth, deserves to be destroyed. ‘Nuff said.

[@allisons6910]

What is this truth rhetoric coming from, I've been hearing it for the past 2 years, and keep trying to find the origin, but havent heard much but the same 2 topics in the news over and over.

[@roejogan7770]

The best way to handle inequality is to treat people equally going forward. Restorative justice does not work and it discriminates against other individuals.

[@ctzoomie]

DEI = code word for reverse discrimination

[@jdleg409]

Maybe because the vast majority of people are completely against DEI. An extreme minority should not be able to define all of us.

[@user-de6vc3lw2x]

With the economy doing poorly companies are cutting costs and diversity hires the 1st to go 😎

[@wh2174]

These talkers must not have been forced to take the DEI training at least once a year or forced to hire someone simply because you have to satisfy a DEI KPI. As a minority and an immigrant, I am fed up with this movement. It is a perfect example of an ideology pushed to extremism. What I learned from reading history and through my own life is that, every time an agenda becomes a “movement”, it becomes problematic and doomed to fail. The harder the advocators push, the worse the failure will be. Let’s wait and see.

[@suppbrahh]

I found out what DEI actually means "DIDNT EARN IT.

[@deadname...]

If you need life saving surgery, do you want the most competent surgery team or the most diverse ?

[@maplebones]

The most diverse will be the most competent. The least diverse are inbred and have trouble tying their shoes.

[@TheMASTER4real]

I want the most competent person

[@odb4894]

Most competent and top docs are a diverse group of people....

[@odb4894]

Just look at your local hospital staff...

[@MichaelAndersonShow]

​@@odb4894sure they are... whatever makes you feel good in your brain

[@neondystopian]

I find it strange that MSNBC has been awfully quiet about the recent school shooting. Feel free to guess why.

[@DebbieDerpSybilz]

White...

[@Toekneepowers]

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[@neondystopian]

@@DebbieDerpSybilz that would make MSNBC _more_ likely to report on it, not less.

[@neondystopian]

@@Toekneepowers I feel bad. You should get a prize but I don't have any to give ☹️

[@DebbieDerpSybilz]

@@neondystopian derp

[@pk7ghalm23]

Plagiarism is Plagiarism! Any student that did what she did would be expelled.

[@barrymishra]

Yes, it is not DEI it is anti meritocracy

[@lesweizman388]

she isnt "out at harvard" he is no longer president she keeps her salary and position as a tenured professor

[@bobfeller604]

She should be stripped of her degree.

[@CapitalDefendr]

Tenured professors dont make $900k, slick. Not Even Close

[@julie1630]

She should be fined a years salary. Im against DEI

[@Didleeios88]

How many student loans would that money cancel per year.​@@CapitalDefendr

[@greglane3978]

Based on her failures she should be removed totally.

[@Tylermaddox1911]

Good diversity shouldn't get you hired being best for the job should get you hired then its fair to everyone who puts in the work to be the hest they can be at what they do.

[@scooterblack5355]

Look, everyone but blks want to hire their own!! I understand and you should be able to do that

[@kevinlee6003]

​@@scooterblack5355wow. What a racist comment. Textbook racism on display. Good job 👏

[@scooterblack5355]

@@kevinlee6003 That's how they feel. That's America.. Is, been and always going to be. Whole America, politicians, billionaires, the power structure is telling you the only way a black person is qualified to be the president of Harvard, is because DEI. But I'm racist? I'm saying let's push it out to the front and tell the truth

[@drjoe53]

Imagine that. Being fatigued by racism. Being fatigued by having to run your business and spend your investors money on something other than merit and competence.

[@redfan3977]

DEI is filling a bag of skittles with different colored candies , regardless as to whether they’re stale or not.

[@misswill8488]

Why is this even a question? Aren’t there EEO laws that need to be followed? No company is exempt.

[@neondystopian]

It's not that we're nervous and we don't understand it, it's that it has completely failed and objectively proven its critics correct.

[@bigneiltoo]

See The Marvels for another example.

[@theophany150]

What makes you think it has failed?

[@maplebones]

@@theophany150 Do you think he's going to admit he doesn't understand It ?

[@darthsilversith667]

⁠@@theophany150Has the quality of society gone up or down since we began this march towards ever increasing levels of DEI..? Has corruption gone up or down since then? I see objective failure in every company and industry thats tried to shove DEI down our throat. Kids are getting dumber, politicians are getting more corrupt, the media is garbage and the entertainment industry has flop after flop. The economy is in the tank and companies are laying off scores of people left and right.. and it’s usually DEI programs and hires that are the first to go.. and companies ALWAYS trim off the extra fat and dead weight first. Our current administration is a complete laughing stock and global embarrassment.. because it’s the epitome of a DEI administration with never ending scandals because they hired exclusively off DEI and not merit. These people that are held up as “shining examples of DEI”.. are usually the biggest hypocrites that are far more guilty of doing what they accuse us of. We have several deans and presidents at prestigious universities.. that say context matters in regard to if they will disavow jewish genocide or not.. meaning.. there is a situation out there where they would be completely fine with it. Thats just scratching the surface of their hypocrisy too.. Absolutely everything about our country has become a gross joke and an embarrassment under DEI.

[@CousinBowling]

​@@maplebonesit's because it's unfair on it's face, 65 year old woman.

[@TheA2ace]

DEI is racist

[@lacedariusmcknightenberg9454]

Harvard has such a bad reputation.

[@michaelcarlson2948]

Who will hold the doctors who presided over her dissertation accountable?

[@Greggster1]

You are owed NOTHING! Bring your merit and character!

[@AJX-2]

The Civil Rights Act disagrees. If only it could be repealed...

[@TheManic.5-OH]

I cannot belive they didn't even explain what DEI means, not once in this whole clip!

[@JohnSmith-it6hj]

DE| = Didn't Earn It

[@elroythegreat1590]

Who knew diversity, inclusion, and equity really aren't sustainable. 😳

[@Inkdisc]

when half of known dei hires turn out to be committing fraud or even stealing from the company that hired them, id say its long overdue to abandon the policy

[@bj-to7uq]

Yeah, only white males are allowed to commit fraud and steal from the organizations they work for! We can’t allow anyone else to do that!

[@cbrreezzyy69]

Where are your sources to show this is true? What an asinine thing to say. I’m not a fan of DEI, but don’t say made up things. There’s plenty of true things to say to show why it’s terrible.

[@bj-to7uq]

@@cbrreezzyy69They don’t have to have sources. Just make up lies and get away with it.

[@bj-to7uq]

@joeandthehogottago1671But it’s not stealing when unqualified whites are hired. I’m sure you’re good with that.

[@UniqueBreakfastTaco]

@@cbrreezzyy69DEI chair at meta just got jailed for embezzling 7m. when you aint smart enough to work, you con and steal.

[@user-gi8gf8pg2r]

Thank god merit based promotions and more importantly enrollment should be the rule

[@lindaSmith6588]

The number one indicator if you get into an Ivy League school is if your mom or dad graduated from the school. Not so much merit based.

[@lindaSmith6588]

Ivy League schools are a business. Merit based enrollment is part of a marketing technique. But have no delusion money plays a part in entry.

[@user-gi8gf8pg2r]

@@lindaSmith6588 or you must have a high GPA and SAT scores unless you’re of a certain privileged minor group, in that case a pulse will do if you’re racist that’s a bonus

[@lindaSmith6588]

@user-gi8gf8pg2r maybe. But what about the Ivy League schools alum's child that gets the same advantage?

[@CousinBowling]

​@@lindaSmith6588two wrongs don't make a right, typical politically uninformed old lady.

[@prestonhanson501]

Who needs dei? Havent needed them for 2000 years

[@nikhtose]

"Better define" DEI? How about CDE--Conformity, Discrimination and Exclusion? All it has signified in reality is the imposition of a new managerial/academic elite to police employees and students, reduce them to impotence before all authority--manna from heaven to the ruling class. But it's expensive and bumping into real resistance as its double standards and arbitrariness become obvious, meaning its cost-benefit ratios are declining, so out it goes.

[@nissan72Z]

Enough with DEI!! This only makes things worse. If you are exchanging competence and quality FOR DEI, you are headed down a dark road.

[@lindaSmith6588]

A good DEI program doesn't exchange competence in place of quality. And a non DEI does not guarantee competence. It may guarantee that favorites get prompted.

[@nissan72Z]

There isn't a good DEI program. Doesn't matter your color or your lifestyle. As long as you are professional and can do the job well.

[@Lumi_Lumi13]

@@nissan72Z That's a lie.

[@lindaSmith6588]

@nissan72Z there are lots of discrimination law suits that say different.

[@nissan72Z]

It's not a lie. Everyone is so absolutely focused on DEI so as to not get canceled or labeled something that they are forgoing the skills portion for a job. And some schools want to do away with SATs to be more inclusive of minorities but all that does is say to the minorities that they aren't as smart which is insulting.

[@karlbmiles]

Affirmative Action failed the Constitution test, so they came back with Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, the very same thing.

[@bj-to7uq]

Affirmative Action is alive and well…..for whites males, just like it’s always been!

[@mumbai3899]

DEI has to go is poison not treatment

[@drowningpooralice5505]

Imagine fighting to be held to a lower standard than your counterparts.

[@DavidDLee]

In my previous company Diversity in DEI only meant certain races, who are considered "oppressed". It was never clear what exactly does it mean to get DEI priority and how less skilled could you be to still get accepted. This did not apply to Jews, Asians, Europeans (even if coming from a specific country with a tiny minority). It was the arm of the social justice movement, not really about true diversity.

[@captaingoodguySentientA.I.]

when democrats call something a “business improvement area” it means democrats made laws so police won’t have a presence in the area. encampments steal from these small local businesses.

[@bobfeller604]

That's exactly right per Thomas Sowell. It doesn't apply to people who are successful, only to those to whom we're supposed to feel sorry for. Which means unqualified and mediocre hires.

[@DrVictorVasconcelos]

​​​​​​​​@@bobfeller604Are you suggesting that people from poor countries aren't qualified? That's laughable. Most of the time they are more capable than most native researchers, and can do research with little to no grant money.

[@hostileaks4495]

​@@DrVictorVasconcelos no he's not suggesting poor or minorities can't do the job. He's saying just because you are poor minority doesn't qualify you for the job.

[@user-rb8nc7gb9u]

DEI is about control in the end

[@gbell689]

These comments are giving me hope for this country.

[@TheAlchemist1089]

It hurts me that there's a lack of DEI in the NFL and especially the NBA

[@denvan3143]

The burning outhouse that is DEI is at risk, who knew?

[@jessm821]

Because this is exactly what their ancestors wanted, right? I’m sure they suffered for their future to continue being victims and looking for handouts. Pretty embarrassing actually.

[@miracle1799]

so when should we expect to see a short white/Asian women on the NBA????.... DEI is absolutely ridiculous stick to a Merit based system

[@PolyThumper]

CRT proponents specifically discount the entire concept of merit. See the American Bar Associations Lesson on CRT. Since DEI and CRT and closely aligned I imagine that DEI people likewise eschew anything to detect merit and opt for cooperative activities and participation certificates.

[@angieketcher5917]

I never knew what DEI meant until now. Imo I think everyone who gets a job should be on their qualifications and merit, NOT the color of our skin.

[@PolyThumper]

@@angieketcher5917 I think that's part of the point. The DEI people are defining thousands of points to re-educate people about white privilege and white supremacy culture and systemic racism. It's like a whole new vocabulary that most of America hasn't been exposed to. Yet the kids get a full heaping helping of the new speak. And businesses and government agencies better fall in line with whatever they decide gets them to the "equal outcomes" Nirvana.

[@UniqueBreakfastTaco]

did cuban reply?

[@AJX-2]

A "merit-based" system sounds nice, but unfortunately it's literally illegal under the Civil Rights Act..

[@austinsutton27]

GOOD. Abolish it just as Affirmative Action was.

[@shaggydogg630]

Whatever happened “ the best candidate for the job?”

[@msmithy7813]

The MSNBC world of up is down and wrong is right.

[@mechalovessquirrels]

I cant wait to be treated by a doctor who got her practice permit through DEI!

[@lindaSmith6588]

Any doctor has to pass competence. DEI does not eleminate requirements!

[@landkruiser1095]

Or fly on a plane with a pilot who was hired based on skin color. Once again thank dimorcats for this useless crap because their voters are idiots.

[@revolutionhamburger]

​@@lindaSmith6588Yeah. That's a lie.

[@neondystopian]

​@@lindaSmith6588which is exactly why they choose to lower the requirements. For example, they lowered the thresholds to attend colleges for certain races and raised them for others.

[@bigneiltoo]

@@lindaSmith6588 YES DEI DOES LOWER STANDARDS. See SAT scores. See College admissions. See Diversity Quotas. If you MUST hire a black person then that means you chose them over a more-competent non-black person. Otherwise you would have naturally hired the black person.

[@rodbonjovi]

As it should be... Companies and Schools doing this should be arrested for Constitutional Discrimination

[@mr.green2341]

Good! It should be under attack! Judge by content of character, work experience and ability for positions, not immutable characteristics like skin color, sexuality, gender, etc.

[@TheMeLost]

DEI is systemic discrimination based primarily on race and gender, used in conjunction with AA. Companies are starting to realize that this can offend the people who are discriminated against and runs legal risks long before it is sufficient to sustain the excitement of those being discriminated in favor of. The additional funding provided by wall street using their client's money to support their political preferences is no longer reliably covering the increased risks. Hopefully companies will go back to trying to hire the most qualified individual for the job without regard for their race, religion, gender or other irrelevant factor.

[@Rothbard_is_God8082]

Diversity of ideas doesn't come from someones skin color, or gender. It comes from individuals.