You don’t know what you got till it’s gone

    by SpectacularOtter

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    1. LivingDeadThug on

      I think DEI initiatives for colleges and universities tend to hurt Asians the most. White men tend to be helped relative to them.

    2. Otherwise-Block-7800 on

      Seems like those categories can get pretty specific. It’s wild how diverse experiences can be within one group…

    3. Because they do not read “woke” literature like “dying of whiteness”. So they don’t understand how their anti minority stances actually hurt them (their demographic) as well.

      They love to remind you how poor and Non privileged they are but fail to understand that social programs that helped a man born in rule whatever the fuck to a green bean farmer was able to go to medial school.

      They always think they’re not let in on their own merit but when forced to compete they fail

    4. ProfessionalBag9505 on

      Is there a source beyond an image with a text one it? Everything I see when I search for it is that people are expecting this might happen but its still yet to actually be *seen*

    5. Oh shit wait, are we ALL DEI HIRES? Did we just fire ourselves? The HR lady is gone too…. they’re all gone

    6. For years universities and colleges have been trying to keep the number of men and women on campuses evened out at a time when growing numbers of men have been choosing not to go to college. Some schools have tried to attract more men by adding football and other sports, promoting forestry and hunting programs and launching entrepreneurship competitions.

      Nationwide, the number of women on campuses has surpassed the number of men for more than four decades, with nearly 40 percent more women than men enrolled in higher education, federal data show.

      Efforts to admit applicants at higher rates based on gender are legal under a loophole in federal anti-discrimination law, one that’s used to keep the genders balanced on campuses.

      The Trump administration has consistently included gender among the characteristics it says it does not want schools to consider for admissions or hiring, along with race, ethnicity, nationality, political views, sexual orientation, gender identity or religious associations. The White House has so far largely not succeeded in its campaign to press a handful of elite schools to agree to the terms and sign a wide-ranging Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education in exchange for priority consideration for federal funding.

      “The racial parts have gotten a lot more attention, but I know from having spoken with practitioners who work in college admissions, they have read very clearly that it says ‘race and gender,’” in the administration’s pronouncements about ending preferences in admission, said Shaun Harper, founder and chief research scientist at the University of Southern California Race and Equity Center.

      “What I think they don’t understand is that taking away the ability of colleges and universities to balance the gender composition of their incoming classes will ultimately have an impact on the college enrollment rates of white males,” Harper said. “It is likely to impact them the most, as a matter of fact.”

      Rick Hess, director of education policy studies at the right-leaning think-tank the American Enterprise Institute, pointed out that similar predictions were made after the 2023 Supreme Court decision effectively ending affirmative action based on race.

      At the time, he said, colleges spoke “in apocalyptic terms of the implications for the racial composition of student bodies.” But the number of Black and Hispanic students enrolled at universities and colleges the next year rose, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Then, said Hess, “there was a lot of, ‘Never mind.’”

    7. Antique_Bullfrog_727 on

      That’s a solid point! Climbing the ladder is tough, especially when resources are limited. It’s all about making those connections.

    8. ConclusionAncient569 on

      idk, That’s a solid point! It highlights how diverse experiences shape education paths. Climbing the ladder isn’t one-size-fits-all.

    9. Five-Oh-Vicryl on

      This is akin to how the group that most benefited from affirmative action in college admissions were white women. And looking at the demographic trends (educated white women reluctant/refusing to marry uneducated men), this will change the societal makeup in the next generation. _The Economist_ had a great story on this last month

    10. Wreck_Creati0n on

      These are the same people who would fill a community swimming pool with concrete before letting black people swim in it. Great job idiot, now your wife and kids can’t swim either.

      Racist policies harm EVERYONE regardless of their race.

    11. The the thing is this: these people see DEI and immediately think Black. That is it. No further thought. DEI means Black. Affirmative action means Black. They truly do not have the range to understand that DEI includes everyone who is not a white man, including the same white women who benefited from it the most.

      So they celebrate the removal of DEI as if it is some huge blow to us, while they are the ones who lose the most from it. It would be funny if it were not so predictable. And the sad part is that articles that explain this never reach them. They sit at home saying, look at what Trump did for us, while he is actually cutting off their own chances.

    12. anameorwhatever1 on

      They don’t want anyone educated. There’s been a right wing push towards trades over higher education for a long time. I support that everyone should have their own path and choose not to demonize one side over the other, but they don’t want educated citizens at all.

    13. Who could have guessed that Civil Rights and Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion was something that affected everyone in the 99%?

    14. Willing_One6778 on

      That’s a real struggle! Climbing the ladder is tough, especially when you’re battling systemic barriers. Respect for those trying to change their situation…

    15. Adventurous_Stick198 on

      DEI has always been a tool to protect white positions of power within organizations.

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