Why DEI Will Destroy The West

Why will the push for “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” lead to disaster?
Here’s what’s wrong with DEI.
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[@doctordetroit9983]

I just quit a job where the Supervisors stated that the institution is fully embracing DEI. In other words, you're not getting the best available, but getting somebody who checked the 'right' boxes. No, not for me.

[@seth4321]

Good for you. I was fired because I told a company that I wasn't taking their LGBT training. Learning about the history of the movement and about pronoun usage. The usual trash. Big NOPE from me. Somebody has to take a stand and it can be us. If companies realize they will lose valuable employees due to this stuff, they'll change course real quick. As they say, money talks.

[@NateB]

It’s code for getting rid of men and Whites.

[@NateB]

@@seth4321 what’s your money saying when so much of it goes to fund these problems via taxes and inflation? Your money is saying you’ve been cucked.

[@seth4321]

@@NateB If you're implying that our government squanders my (and your) tax dollars, I don't really have a say in that. And of course I'd be thrown in jail if I didn't pay them. Again, out of my hands.

[@josiah5776]

@@NateB Not cucked ... robbed at gunpoint. Think I'm exaggerating? Don't pay your taxes and eventually guys with guns will show up to get you.

[@LBJs_Famous_Quote]

Equal Opportunity is here. . Equal Outcomes are Impossible.

[@Green__one]

Incorrect. Equal Opportunity WAS here a decade or 2 ago. We've eliminated it while trying to achieve Equal Outcomes. Now both are impossible.

[@robmichael8136]

DEI is racist, biased, and full of stereotypes. It's vague definitions assume tribalism and takes away from unique individual identity while promoting victimhood. One could be wealthy and still have a dysfunctional childhood. And looking at race is too simplistic. I have way more in common with a black female conservative then I do a woke progressive of my same age and culture. You have to give yourself a lobotomy and believe in subjective reverse racism to swallow DEI. No thanks.

[@robmichael8136]

DEI is racist, biased, and full of stereotypes. It's vague definitions assume tribalism and takes away from unique individual identity while promoting victimhood. One could be wealthy and still have a dysfunctional childhood. And looking at race is too simplistic. I have way more in common with a black female conservative then I do a woke progressive of my same age and culture. You have to give yourself a lobotomy and believe in subjective reverse racism to swallow DEI. No thanks.

[@NateB]

There will never be equal opportunity, because delayed gratification spans multiple generations.

[@goldensun441]

in the end, equity is about punishing the talented and hard working, and rewarding the talentless and lazy. Unjust and counterproductive, as said. The focus should always have been on improving our abysmal and corrupt public education, and rooting out any potential prejudices denying equal rights under the law.

[@UTTPOFFICEROFUTTPSUCKS]

Napoleon experienced this before actually because he was born to Corsican parents and he went to military school. He was a candidate, and he got rejected because he was born in Corsica.

[@lFunGuyl]

Yep. So basically just socialism

[@lFunGuyl]

@@phl4v0r Yep

[@leoxd7029]

The crazy thing is „talentless“ is the same as „lazy“. Talent is NOT SOMETHING PEOPLE ARE BORN WITH, contrary to the, incorrect, widespread misconception of talent being a gift of birth. There are no „grinders“ I.e. people who do everything they can to change their circumstances and situation in their work life and it just doesn’t happen for them… those people do not really exist. There are also virtually no people who do half the work and get 10x the results. It’s all nonsense. If you put in the work, you WILL get to where you want to go.

[@Nostalgianic]

​@leoxd7029 I guess you've never watched sports. Talent is very real.

[@Animalsarefoods]

DEI has already destroyed my former employer and is currently destroying my current one. No one wants to work because of the inequality DEI has created. The whole point of working hard is to be rewarded for your work. With DEI they won’t give me a raise even though they say I deserve it because that wouldn’t be “equitable” to my co workers who aren’t as capable as I am. So we all work at the level of our weakest link. No one who is capable tries to be productive because the guy who does nothing makes the same as us. They won’t give me a promotion even though they say I deserve that too because that wouldn’t be “diverse or inclusive.” So they keep hiring female managers from outside of the company who fail and quit in a few months. They don’t fail because they are female, they fail because they are hired straight to management without knowing anything about how the business operates. Females don’t want to work here because it’s dirty. These two things are causing us to have several quarters where we don’t make a profit. Idk how long the company has left. At this point I’m cheering for them to fail. Screw DEI

[@jasonkoroma4323]

Man I here ya. You wouldn't believe how many jobs i've been that gone to shit with policies like these. Whats even worse is it creates a much more disadvantaged working class that is far more divided and less cohesive that affects the company as a whole. At this point its best to find a way to find self employment and get out of this twisted rat race that is corporate america.

[@mannie7028]

You’ve just described the entire basis of socialism and why it never works. In George Orwell’s book, pig farm, this was wittily and darkly pointed out.

[@AkBYjH5NHuforprivacy]

@@mannie7028Socialism is different, this is not socialism, this is just stupid. Socialism and Communism are “from what is made to who needs it”. DEI is just plainly that the people who can do least or a race that gets more people who can do less than another get to decide what happens with what everyone produces. And karl marx says humans are NATURALLY greedy. The only reason DEI is perceived as socialist was that the nationalist racist trump supporters have overrun the conservative party that is the republicans and said all bad things that are not made by the party is “communist” like it’s still the cold war, and the racism in the democratic party has put itself under a guise of non-racism, making life worse for minorities. Vote for RFK and derail both.

[@gps9715]

@@mannie7028Animal Farm was the title of the book. The story centered around the pigs who ran the farm. But yeah.

[@HKD9]

Very well said

[@rocketman3485]

Just swap equity and inclusion and call it DIE.

[@NormalPerson053]

😂😂😂😂

[@drivestowork]

You beat me to it!!

[@kaninerultralord8817]

Well... it's not far from their true agenda

[@markmcflounder15]

YES!!! I've been saying the same for a couple years now

[@user-vm5ud4xw6n]

Might as well since they are trying to kill this country off anyway. Every stupid thing a citizen wants they vote YES on. It’s like having a bunch of children you are constantly saying Yes to. Sooner or later that comes back and bites you in the butt. And those of us who don’t agree with their ridiculous ideas are the ones who will get it!

[@t3hr00tb33r]

1.) Went to college, was told there's all sorts of opportunities to help pay for it >> extremely limited scholarships if you aren't a {insert minority here} or {sports jock}. 2.) Work hard, pay for it myself. Excel in all classes, become expert in my field, top of the class. Get out of college with huge debt over my head but a fantastic resume with experience under my belt >> can't get a job because diversity quotas. 3.) Start contracting business on my own due to necessity >> gets hired to fix the problems said companies are having with the people they hired based on skin color/sex/religion/whatever. (Complete incompetence from someone barely qualified and a cushy job with little to no risk of getting fired.) 4.) Take the risk, went into business for myself to get by >> government be like, 'time to pay more taxes to throw at D.E.I. programs!' (Bonus points if they have too many kids to count they can't afford and get subsidized on said tax dollars, paid for by single guy running a business.) This sounds like some comic book villain origin story. lol

[@user-ww3gr8ou2v]

DEI has already destroyed the West, we had new DEI training yesterday and they say it is OK for someone to come hug me, but if I say 1 word to them that they don't like I am in the wrong!

[@BlackCatNoni]

Then, file an assault claim!

[@TheSUPERWIND2023]

What company? File a lawsuit against them.

[@mtcoorscan]

The example you provided (educational incentives) is an excellent choice. But I find that DEI in business and the workplace is just as grotesque in its blatant disregard for competency; and in some cases, can actually lead to greater chances for workplace injury, if not at least business failure or poor sustainability. Call me old fashioned, but the best candidate for any job position is always merit based. SVB and Bud Light stand as recent shining examples.

[@mayharmon6948]

If performance isn't made the priority, isn't that a tacit statement that the job isn't really so important?

[@mtcoorscan]

@@mayharmon6948 That's left entirely for business science tools to calculate. If downtime, loss productivity, loss profit, worker injury, and failure root cause analysis prove the incompetence negligible, then yes, the job isn't important. But that's all mostly retroactive and at least in the case of SVB, cataclysmic and unsurmountable.

[@paladinsix9285]

When a chemical plant explodes, such as happened in Bohpal, India, in the 1980's, and ten thousand people die (mostly down wind of the facility)... Lawyers will teach the CEOs and Boards of Directors of all other companies: Don't be Them! Its got to HURT the self proclaimed "Elites" before their is Change! When THEIR executive jets fall out of the sky, their family members are electrocuted, etc. Then They will DEMAND Competency, not DIE! (Be assured THEIR Doctors, Lawyers, Chefs, etc. Will Be Competent, no matter what DIE hires we are stuck with!)

[@genebartle7715]

Boeing is a perfect example of a company being destroyed from the inside by equity.

[@kyleerasmus7179]

We're already living this in South Africa. Please learn from our mistakes, learn from our "champions for freedom " who line their pockets at the detriment of the citizens

[@cubano100pct]

Harvard President Claudine Gay is a perfect example of Equity

[@Truth15freedom]

Yes. Funny how the DEI hires seem to be the bottom of the barrel hires from the group that is supposed to benefit.

[@TheRealBuilder]

Equality is equal access to opportunity Equity is equal outcome Very important distinction. They are incompatible

[@drdisrespect1764]

Says the Right Wing ignoramus who doesn't know the definition of the words he is using.

[@ianstarkm]

It's actually the other way around. In terms of the definition of. words.

[@TheRealBuilder]

@@ianstarkm No it isnt

[@drdisrespect1764]

@@TheRealBuilder It doesn't matter either way because neither of you know WTF you are talking about.

[@TheRealBuilder]

@@drdisrespect1764 elaborate

[@Bengalurean1]

I come from India, who has now decades of experience in this and used for political gain - In India we call it Religion / caste based RESERVATION system. But in christian majority countries, there is only one major religion, and no caste system below it, political parties NEED DEI. DEI creates groups in the population who will keep voting for a certain political party because they know this political party will give them BENEFITS. Next political party that comes along, will ALSO KEEP PROMISING BENEFITS, if not they won't get the votes they need. Eventually, the goal is to create a MAJORITY of voters who will be considered MARGINALISED, OUTCAST, and DISADVANTAGED. Now, This MAJORITY of voters can only be CONTROLLED if they keep giving them more RESERVATIONS. And this group will only keep voting for any party that promises more benefits. This has got nothing to with actual reality. The current reality in India is: 1. A family which is considered minority, socially disadvantaged caste group in India can be billionaire, but will still get free education and even things like calculators for free. 2. Can score 25000th rank out of 1 million students, and will still get a better engineering and a medical seat than a person from a higher caste with 100th or 1000th rank. 3. Get explicit reservations for government jobs 4. Money from the government for your business 5. Guaranteed protection through your local politicians. It has got nothing to do with reality. It is to create guaranteed votes in perpetuity.

[@Tank50us]

Using the medical field example provided, the best way to handle it, in my oppinion, is to give each potential candidate a "Day in the field". Essentially, let them actually see what the job entails, while tied to the hips of someone who knows the job well. If they are still on board with it, the next thing to do is see what their aptitude is. See what point they're at, and how much they know. Someone born to a medical family will obviously know quite a bit, and be able to start at a higher level. Those who don't may need some extra schooling to get them fully acquainted to the field. This, will mean that while one student will enter the field a year or two behind the other, they will enter it with just as good a footing as the one with existing knowledge. During this time of extra training, they may even work at a hospital as an orderly, tech, or any low-level role within the hospital. This in turn helps them to get the connections. The job will earn them income to help pay for medical school. And since they'll come into it already seeing everything, they may even have a greater understanding of what's needed, giving them extra incentive to push themselves towards higher fields. The kid born to wealthy doctor parents may make a great surgeon. But the kid born to struggling parents may push him/her self to become more specialized. But could just as easily be a great surgeon as well.

[@stevenscott2136]

In other words, the apprenticeship system, which is how most skilled trades used to operate, before we as a society became obsessed with formalized schooling. Even doctors used to apprentice, commonly under a doctor relative, and would then take certification testing when the doctor thought they were ready.

[@user-wp8pm7nw1c]

I came across this chilling job title: "Diversity ENFORCEMENT Officer".

[@caniputmyballsinyojaw]

So glad all those kids who studied CRT and gender studies are going to have a racially motivated career ❤

[@McCaroni_Sup]

​​@@caniputmyballsinyojaw But I love CRT! Cathode Ray Tube televisions, they have extremely low latency and pseudo built-in anti-aliasing! And just look at that sexy 4:3 aspect ratio.

[@RomanHistoryFan476AD]

I believe in equality of opportunity, everyone should be given the chance to try, but not everyone should succeed. equality of Outcome never ends well.

[@Green__one]

Unfortunately in today's Racist and Sexist world, many are no longer given the opportunity to try. If you don't have the right skin color, companies will not hire you because you don't fill their DEI quota, same for gender. If you have the misfortune of being born a certain gender and with a certain skin pigment, you will be massively disadvantaged by educational institutions and any large corporation or government department. Racism and Sexism are now entrenched deeply in all large organizations in the cause of "DEI"

[@Blakehx]

Wise words as always Nick! You are right, grievances and oppression status seem to be the newest commodity… it does much more to divide than unite!

[@albertbecerra]

Equity is the "equality" of outcome, not the equality of opportunity

[@kellyinfanger9192]

Correct. This is the first thing I have heard from him that is dead wrong. Equity is the enemy of equality, and this should have been the thrust of his lesson.

[@scubasteve1555]

@@kellyinfanger9192 He’s not dead wrong, he’s spot on.

[@kellyinfanger9192]

​@scubasteve1555 Until you understand the DEI advocates demand equal outcomes for classes of people, which makes them the enemy of individual equal rights; you are a part of the problem.

[@user-dz1us8vn2r]

​@@scubasteve1555you have the floor to elaborate more.... I'll be waiting.

[@troyelliott1063]

If you stand for equity then you stand for inequality of opportunity

[@Green__one]

Just call a spade a spade. If you stand for equity, you are a racist and a sexist. We need to stop tiptoeing around it and trying not to offend the racists and the sexists. Call them what they are.

[@fischer9001]

I was just laid off because of "diversity". yeah, sounds like justice to me... pfff. 20 years ago, I was denied scholarship to a university with a 3.6 GPA, meanwhile, others who are a member of said "disadvantaged" groups, got it with less than a 3.0. I know this for a fact because one of them was a friend of mine. and this, ladies and gentlemen, is why I eventually woke up and got full blown red pilled. never voting for a democrat ever again. trump 2024!

[@NateB]

You think voting will fix that kind of problem? How much do you think your vote counts, compared with the people who count the votes? Your faith in “muh Democracy” is misplaced.

[@noahhannon2305]

@@NateBwhat do you suggest then?

[@ajackeub]

I suggest researching Robert F. Kennedy jr. You may find his views align with your own.

[@Cbat1]

There is a TON of wisdom in your words, and the west needs to take heed. Thank you for being a voice of the reason.

[@Pan_Z]

Any system that doesn't assess the individual on his own unique merits is bound to falter.

[@SeantheBawse]

It's D.I.E.! That's how it started until it became a movement!

[@C.Fecteau-AU-MJ13]

I was removed from the board of a theatre company which I helped drag back from the brink, for refusing to play along with this enforced identity politics... it began when I was not playing along with the pronoun games (telling me what I can't say is one thing, telling me what I must is a very different proposition) and came to a conclusion when I just couldn't sign the diversity and inclusion policy. I'm a very open and empathetic person, always happy to make concessions for a range of individuals and I'm fascinated by the weird and quirky among us. But when it comes to these policies being forced into the endeavour of creating art, I have to draw the line and refuse. Simply put, such enforced prerequisites become an antithetical barrier to the foundational requirement of directors to judge one's worth to the process, by their individual skills and their abilities to apply those skills to the project. But hey, if that's the direction it's going, so be it. I can't fight it from inside, so I just decided to start my own project and over the last two years have slowly but surely picked off all the people who I knew were just going along to get along. People who also happen to be the competent and sane people, who are interested in the quality of their art. We're going to crush them by simply going our own way and producing quality performing arts entertainment that people actually want to see. A novel businesses plan, I know.

[@randallmckenna4263]

Great story. Like Atlas Shrugged. Thank you for sharing.

[@paladinsix9285]

Best of Luck to you 👍 I too appreciate quirkiness 🤪 and Competence!

[@paladinsix9285]

Tangent. I was working as a teamster. A younger male coworker (age 21*, 18 months on the job) was in a Christmas Play. He had 2 female coworkers who were his roommates. Just as we had gone to the young women's softball games, about 20 teamsters went to the play where the guy danced ballet. After the show he thanked us profusely, and admitted he was concerned we "discovered" he was gay! We looked at each other and laughed. We told them we recognized he was, gay and his two roommates were lesbians, their first day at work. They appeared shocked 😲 and asked, "But you are Teamsters!" We told them 70% of new hires are worthless! You three have been Hard Workers and Smart from day one! You Three are part of Our Team! We will be there for you at plays, softball, whatever! My brother teamsters and I had been getting some odd stares until then. The theater company wasn't exclusively gay (and lez); but may were. Admittedly there are not too many Teamsters who professionally dance ballet.

[@justinnutt9638]

Best of luck to you. I hope you are rewarded for the ballsy move, and for standing your ground.

[@robertahl4111]

Equality of opportunity does not mean equal outcome.

[@TomHenksYT]

"Equity" these days is no longer the same as "equality" that they used to fight for. These days it's also no longer about equal opportunity, it's about equal outcome aka equal representation in everything. But there are two massive problems with this. Firstly, if every group of people, every race and every gender should be equally represented in every occupation (god forbid if they actually believe there are more than two genders for this), then you completely forego people's individual skills and interests. This would only be possible with incredible governmental pressure and with the omission of free will. Because if you leave people to make their own career choices, you'll never get equal representation in everything. Women are much more likely than men to choose becoming nurses, and men are much more likely than women to choose becoming mechanics. If the government takes this choice away from all of us (which is the only way equity could ever happen), then we're basically like robots, and completely interchangeable with each other. And secondly, the media (and yes, also feminists) only point towards inequity when it comes to the prestigeous jobs or titles. Nobody cares that 99% of bricklayers and coal miners or 95% of construction workers are men, for example. Or that over 90% of workplace deaths are men. But for all the high status jobs, the politicians, the CEOs etc. they are pushing hard for equal representation. For the sort of jobs that only a very small minority of the population is qualified to do and that pay a lot of money, that's where they want equal representation. But for the blue-collar jobs that are essential for maintaining a functioning modern society, they don't care about equal representation at all.

[@ctreid87]

Beard Wednesday, on a Thursday, with audio this time!

[@SyndicShadow]

My biggest problem with DEI is that it blatantly disregards the human reality of groups and unity. We can't just be a global mass of identity-less random people; groups will always emerge along political, religious, ethnic etc. lines. By trying to force diversity, you'll just create new groups as they emerge out of the chaos, not eliminate the reality of tribes and nations... so why are we doing it?

[@Green__one]

I don't think you understand DEI. DEI makes no attempt to eliminate goups, in fact DEI is designed to artificially create groups where none actually exist. All people must be grouped by race and gender. Not by life experience, social class, place of origin, etc. Only by being both racist and sexist can you be an actual proponent of DEI. Failing to be a racist will immediately get you in trouble with the DEI folks.

[@SyndicShadow]

@@Green__one lol that's interesting. Here I thought it was a plot to replace us all or force us to interbreed, but you're saying they want us to separate?

[@Green__one]

@@SyndicShadow according to DEI, the ONLY traits that matter in a person are their race, gender, and sexual orientation. Nothing else has any relevance to them as a person. All people must be put into groups based exclusively on those traits, and all hiring, school admissions, political appointments, etc, must be done by selecting from the "correct" groups. If you think people are their own individuals, or think judging people by the traits listed above is not good, you WILL be villianized, cancelled, and called a Nazi.

[@SyndicShadow]

@@Green__one Right but it's always with the goal of forcing those groups together, not keeping them apart

[@Green__one]

@@SyndicShadowNo, the goal is ALWAYS division with the left. It's how they maintain power.

[@mikereese15]

Well explained and very important distinctions. Thanks for fixing the upload.

[@michaelbarnes7351]

It's basically communism without calling it communism.

[@danielbarrios1653]

Very well spoken

[@user-cx7kg6ok9b]

Only if we spend all our time whining about it on youtube and social media, rather than standing up and confronting it, face-to-face.

[@VOLightPortal]

When I was at university studying architecture 20 years ago, it used to be the 3 E's of Sustainability - Environmental, Economic and Equity.

[@hughjass1044]

The worst part of all is when you know damned well what the end result is gonna be and you push it through anyway. That makes the damage deliberate.

[@darrensmall4313]

But wait! What about my feelings?

[@eddiepigg5333]

A system based on meritocracy is the only way to get the best people for whatever endeavors they pursue. Do you want a doctor who did middle of the road work during the educational portion of their training or do you want a person who excelled in their education to help you? Regardless of where you come from or what your skin color is, I think the answer to this is very clear. We have a president who was lower than the middle of his class and even lied about his education running this country into the ground. If you had known this would it have changed your mind about who you voted for? If not, I do not want you choosing my doctor.

[@gregorycraig9882]

Scholarships and bursaries were the way we use to make up for these inequalities.

[@philetaranma4918]

The same thing is happening in Malaysia.

[@thevox1075]

Let’s do a survey: how many of you want to be a passenger on a plane where the pilot got his license based on his skin color? Not on how he performed on his testing? How about brain surgery? So the question becomes how much are you willing to gamble? I personally don’t care about the skin color, I just want the best qualified. But if you’re ok with not wanting whoever is best in their field do do something majorly important…

[@dizzyg3890]

Case in point! Claudine Gay !!! And how did that end up? A real life example 😊

[@sillysad3198]

ok. you fixed your audio, i fix my comment: Kurt Vonnegut "Harrison Bergeron" yes, we are already leaving in anti-utopia.

[@kirstinalphabet796]

Yes!!!! I've been thinking that for a few years now...👏🙌

[@sillysad3198]

@@kirstinalphabet796 i don't even know if i envy your youthfullness given the state of the world.

[@miceinoz1181]

Now here is a guy that has overcome. He has experience under stress with his military background, and has demonstrated his loyalty to his country. These short videos cover so many of the current problems facing american society. He should be heard on the national stage, just being a local politician is not a broad enough reach for these messages. Oh, but wait....then he has to fight the political corruption evident in every western society, so any wonder society is this way. Even Trump 1 could not "drain the swamp" as he said, so what hope the rest?

[@jean-pascalheynemand3271]

I am convinced that it’s a fashion that will be rooted out, once enough corporations have lost enough billions.

[@tomorrowtodaysociety2028]

Where there are rules, then there is a game. Where there is a game, there are players. One must be very careful to ensure that rules address the fundamental issue and nothing else. Less rules means less risk of abuse.

[@Vopadevas]

The ridiculous part to me is how it’s all being used as a means of increasing bureaucracy rather than simple solutions. Medicare for all, free college education in STEM fields, and a UBI would lift everyone out of poverty. But politicians would rather fight for chaos.

[@currentfaves65]

Henry Kissinger just called diversity a failure.

[@UTTPOFFICEROFUTTPSUCKS]

Equity today is like a part of arpetheid being still in effect (being poor and you can’t have a job) (Decides on the right type of person on which parents that has experience more than people who struggles and work hard for effort and knowledge)

[@chrisbates4701]

“Grievance over perseverance” - well said, Nick!

[@GraveUypo]

not only is it unfair to the ones who get pushed aside because of arbitrary qualifier over which they have no control, but also it lowers the quality of services and products because the people who do get hired are less competent. and that is already CLEARLY visible in multiple industries

[@gregoryjames7976]

Most people do not distinguish the difference between equity and equality. Equity is achieving results while removing the standard of quality.

[@brianlevine249]

Already seeing it. Less qualified individuals getting jobs and promotions leading to massive decline in productivity. When this latest generation of the experienced workers retire (which they are already doing early). Then massive numbers of companies will fail. And the endless gaslighting and excuses as to why will begin.

[@Nonplused]

You forgot the elephant in the room which nobody wants to acknowledge: IQ, which like most other things, is somewhat heritable. The reason kids from college educated parents are more likely to go to college is in part money, sure, and also part socialization (they are taught to value college and education in general), but it is also partly heritable IQ. Now there are lots of high IQ families that don't have a history of college, but you can't help them without proper testing to identify the appropriate candidates. This includes high school achievement and things like SAT tests. Nobody thinks it's weird when tall parents have tall kids, or blonde parents have blonde kids, or black parents have black kids, but suggest smart parents have smart kids and everybody blows a fuse. And no, I am not suggesting IQ is related to race. Every race has a wide distribution of IQ, just as they have a wide distribution of physical features.

[@Hackenberg]

So. . . The doctor one gets who has succeeded despite being being discriminated against for his purported "privilege" is going to be the highest-quality product. All they have succeeded in doing is eliminating the "middle class" of doctors. In the future, your doctors will either be top-notch and charge like it, or complete Cuban-style two-year Shake N Bake.

[@paladinsix9285]

You and I will only have access to the "equity" doctors. The "Elites" will be the few with the actual competent M.D.s

[@billvojtech5686]

Actually, equity isn't about equality of opportunity, it's equality of outcome. The woke assume that if two people take the same class and get different grades, the student who scored lower was somehow oppressed and/or the student who did better had "privilege." They refuse to take into account examples like you gave about having better educated parents. They also refuse to acknowledge that some cultures value things like education differently, which can lead to different outcomes.

[@netasedlak9454]

My little brother was from a "have trouble making ends meet" family, but graduated cum laud from med school

[@jimyork5494]

You got my vote if you ever want to run.

[@Eyrrll]

The best way to avoid DEI is to treat people fairly. Unfortunately, that has rarely been the case in American business… so here we are.

[@snowymaplesyrup]

Thank you, Nick

[@ChannelWright]

Equity is also about achieving equal outcomes, which is impossible.

[@Thomas.Nikolaidis10]

Basicaly, dont be woke

[@miketackabery7521]

Why is this guy so correct about everything he's been saying? Courage. That's the word. Anyone with half a mind knows he's correct, but he's the one who's saying it publicly.

[@whatpeoplealsoask2622]

As a woke liberal this is the first video kind of convince me at least a little bit. Whenever I argue with the libertarian or conservative, one of their argument is that even the current system does not ensure an "equal outcome", at least we have "equal opportunity". I was never able to be convinced since we all know even "equal opportunity" is not a real thing. That's why I appreciate that you recognize that even "equal opportunity" is not possible nor currently achieved. Instead, you addressed the potential unintended consequences of trying to create "equal opportunity", which is an argument I can respect and understand. ( but not sure I am totally convinced thought, after all, I think I am still woke, but working on understanding the other side's perspective)

[@anthonymorris5084]

Equality of outcome is impossible. We are all equal under the law, but humans simply are not equal. If you magically made everybody economically equal tomorrow, within weeks inequality would exist once more. Why is there some kind of moral imperative that we are all economically equal? I have never begrudged anyone for being more successful or having more than myself. The goal should be to lift people out poverty and celebrate those that achieve success.

[@Mark-ps6zf]

Keep studying, you're on the way to understanding!

[@kateshiningdeer3334]

Thank you for even TRYING to understand the other side! I'm so tired of people who won't even listen anymore! I used to LOVE having discussions about things like this - honest debate and questioning is so good for everyone - and I really miss that! I also miss nuance. Nothing is as black and white as people tend to make it. Sincerely, thanks. You give me hope that real discussion is still possible.

[@graveyardshift6691]

Thus which is the point that equality of outcome is just as if not more unachievable than equality of opportunity. There is only a finite number of resources and positions. Equality of outcome mandates that those positions or resources be spread out to ensure 'representation' as opposed to actual ability. Not everyone is equal at everything. Therefore you're going to end up filling those positions or distributing those resources to people who simply aren't a good fit. Equality of Opportunity is easier to achieve. As Nick said "There is no legal barrier to entry." That's what makes it infinitely easier then equality of outcome. The catch is that there is no guarantee you'll get what you're after. It's not that Equality of Opportunity has no downsides, this is it. It is however more realistic than ensuring equal outcome. Trying to help people is not a bad thing. But when you start creating REGULATIONS and MANDATES, are you really 'helping' at that point? There is a point where you have to step back and check to see if your assistance is doing more harm than good. "You ether die a Hero or live long enough see yourself become the Villain." DEI should be spelled DIE because it has LONG crossed that line.

[@paladinsix9285]

@whatpeoplealsoask2622 you are likely to understand better when You are denied a job or promotion You Worked Hard for, so that someone else who isn't qualified, to "get revenge for what happened to other people 50 to 100 years ago!"

[@cfonshell]

Perhaps the best elevator speech against DEI. 😊😊😊😊😊😊 Thank you

[@nextel3253]

Much better now. 👍🏻

[@Nonsensically]

You give opportunity. There is no guarantee of outcome.

[@randyfreadrich1535]

Great explanation of the problem and risks.

[@ericcadena4493]

Make sure United Airlines gets a copy of this.

[@margeanblake4356]

I agree 👍

[@dantheman9135]

ThankQ

[@sswift11]

I totally oppose Discrimination Exclusion and Indoctrination

[@LaurenCohen67]

Also, it seems to me that while equality has a very positive meaning, equity is about "assests" or things. For example, because of "equity" the water was deprived from the fire fighters on a certain island...

[@jason0870]

There is nothing good in diversity equity or inclusion, but especially diversity.

[@ThatGuy182545]

I think you’re incorrect about this one. We’re already starting to see the pendulum swing back, particularly in the tech sector where a lot of “diversity hires” are getting laid off and those who perform are seeing pay bumps. We’re also seeing companies who get a little too woke going broke, as with Anheuser Busch and Bud Lite.

[@stevenscott2136]

Too early to tell whether these exceptions are a new trend back toward pure merit, or just random situational fluctuations in the general DEI trend.

[@guybarnes1567]

I guess it should actually be Diversity Inclusion and Equity. DIE seems more real as that is the direction this takes. 🧙‍♂️

[@jandrew1347]

Extremely clearly said

[@gabrielagustinhomas]

This is why ideas like affirmative action, identify politics, wokeness, and critical race theory are horrendous and disastrous.

[@aiedle007]

To be honest, D.E.I advocates. I suffered a car wreck in 2020, and while I do not want to rely on SSI because it gives me less than 1k per month and health insurance coverage in one of the most medically disadvantaged parts of the US. I want to get through college and get a degree for a job that pays well. I do not want to be babied by the country, I want to get a degree to medically help people and contribute to my country. That is not to say that I refuse the accessibility I get over other students, but I am going to take advantage of the things that happened to me that I can not reverse or change but I am going to use them to get my degree so that I may help people as an advocate in the medical field who can understand the plight of some patients. If I could skip the prerequisites to get into or through the program, I would end up being the worst version of the job I am currently aiming for since the inception of its job title. I embrace my difficulties as learning challenges.

[@josiah5776]

When I was in computer science grad school back in the mid-90s, I got a $1000 scholarship for maintaining a 4.0 average. At the same time, they were offering $14,000 fellowships to women who maintained a 2.0 average ... never mind that the lowest allowable average for grad school was 3.0. Maybe they lowered that standard too for women. I don't know.

[@jacobmcandles1745]

How did Ben Carson do so good ? He did it with hard work and perseverance. And a library card. Not affirmative action.

[@BrianAnderson150]

Equality is equal opportunity while equity is equal outcomes. You've got the term defined incorrectly or aren't appreciating the difference.

[@catbird1759]

It's all about "Dumbing Down" society.

[@angusdog22]

If God wanted equality he would’ve made us that way. People have different talents and intellectual capacity. We need the best people in the positions they EARN

[@kevinfernandez6532]

There is not need for cuotas. Poor people find a way if they really want to achieve their goals.

[@FalconFastest123]

Good video but it also misses another point, which is that any handout given on the generalized basis of race or gender is by definition racist or sexist. It's important to explain this to proponents of DEI as they fear being labelled this way.

[@bob76451]

Boom goes the dynamite

[@zen4men]

===================================== A healthy society makes lightning-fast decisions, ===================================== but once you start adding endless checks and barriers, and success in those checks and barriers becomes MORE important than simple creation, the checks and barriers suck more and more energy away from creation. The Spark of Creation, once bright and strong, withers, splutters, and ultimately dies. This is what we are seeing. /

[@Veganbutchershop]

No uneducated cowards will. If you teach your kids to think for themselves then they will fix this.

[@genebartle7715]

Boeing is a perfect example of a once great company being destroyed from the inside by equity.

[@ryanbale2416]

0:18 - this is completely wrong. Equality of opportunity is fine….in fact it is paramount. Equality of OUTCOME is what is wrong

[@boeing747400ifly]

"...this student that is entering this race...". I see what you did there.😂

[@charlesw3120]

Well said.

[@LaurenCohen67]

In the bible and demonstrated very clearly in the book of Ruth , the laws for helpings the poor are layed out: The poor have the right to come to the rich man's field and gather the wheat that falls through when the cutters do their work. Also, the corners of the field are left for the poor to harvest. What do we learn from this? The poor are not given bread by the rich man ! They have the right to work and gather the wheat and then do the work to finally produce their bread themselves ! So, any attempt to help the person in the second scenario should not give him or her the "free bread" but rather give them the opportunity to bake their own. So, just allowing a person to enter into medical school because of their skin color would be equivalent to giving them free bread. Perhaps if there was a high school program that idenfies people with potential and gives them some of the knowledge the doctors' son has, would help ?

[@gsr4535]

Yes it will. But how to stop it?

[@RussellNelson]

It's not D.E.I. It's DIE.

[@robynharmon887]

Well put, but the argument that we just need to wait to take action to get more info isnt suffient. Infact that reads more of a stalling technique just to get rid of it. Make changes based off the current problems of the system. Dont full stop and pull all funding so we can install something that is just as, of not more, inefective.

[@skyhawk7935]

DEI is the new affirmative action. Notice how the acronym isn't DIE? Hmmm....

[@CC-ii9hg]

So basically if you go to a DEI- approved doctor you are putting yourself at risk of receiving medical care from someone who would now haven't gotten into medical school if it were not for the admissions advantage they were given. Other people get in despite having the system tilted against them. Jeez

[@user-dc5jf6ms5e]

Don't preach defeat.

[@timpickard3946]

DEI lacks the attitude of encouragement but rather emphasizes disparity and deficiency of identity groups and their stereotypical circumstances. Nothing beats saying “you can do it”. Nothing beats equality as referred to by Martin Luther King. That we should all be judged by the content of our character and not by the color of our skin. Character is attitude and how we treat others. It is a measure of how much we believe in our own abilities to set out and accomplish anything worthwhile doing.

[@benharrison1069]

Nick, if I understand you correctly, having an equal opportunity of success is not "equity," it is "equality." Simply put, "equality" is the equal opportunity and chance of success and "equity" is the equal outcome of success.

[@PictureMaker22]

These policies are supported by powerful people who want to destroy the more intelligent citizens who see their criminality, all while making themselves appear to be the heroes.