• Llewellyn@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    It’s devaluing, because Boebert named diversity as a reason to hire Karine, not her professional qualities.

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      You forgot the implication that black women couldn’t possibly be skilled or smart enough to be hired. Because they’re black. That’s the racist part. It’s devaluation stemming from racism.

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        It appears that Boebert has said that about particular women, not all of them.

        So I wouldn’t necessarily imply racism here. Common devaluation - sure.

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          Bad chatbot. You can’t switch between sexism and racism without even attempting to connect the two.

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            Ok.

            It appears that Boebert has said that about a particular women person of colour, not all of them.
            So I wouldn’t necessarily imply racism here. Common devaluation - sure.

            Is that better?

            P.S. My first language is Russian, and we usually refer to a 3rd person by it’s gender. That’s why I defaulted with “woman” instead of more broad “person”.

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      you’re almost there… just explain what kind of diversity and you should arrive.

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        5 months ago

        DEI is not racism (in theory). It’s a tool to fight one (in theory).

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              The original poster was saying that Lauren Boebert is racist for calling her a “DEI Hire”… not the concept of “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion”.

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                I just was being lazy and didn’t type the whole “DEI hire”. But I’ve meant it.

                I think, being called “DEI hired” is not necessarily racism but a common devaluation / belittlement.

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      Because one, LB has no idea of the qualifications or hiring process involved. And two, even if she did, believing the DEI is not a requirement to overcome racism in hiring is continuing to empowering racism. It’s still a big problem, whether it’s impacted you or not.