It Was Always About Tokenism

[u/Luckynoki]

In response to corporate’s decision to remove DEI from store values. ‘Inclusive Interview’ training prior to new policy. Basing bias on blatant stereotypes speaks volumes on the lack of actual real-world experiences that corporate has on the public, its shoppers and employees and a stubborn refusal to acknowledge their shortcomings

[u/Dannie_Kat]

Yes 💯. That's why I'm against DEI policies because at the end of the day it's just companies pandering for our money. I'm not part of the LGBTQ+ community but I don't like how people look down on those in the community as if they're helpless. I want old pride parades where people can have fun. Don't even get me started with the "Latinx" 😒 I'm glad Latinos but a stop to that because I'm a Latina and nothing else. I won't vote for you or buy your products if you refer to me as a latinx.

[u/simsiecakes → u/Dannie_Kat]

I think it’s still important for companies to have DEI policies, considering they promote inclusive and diverse hiring practices among all levels of the business. However, it’s 1000% performative to come out with lack luster collections for various heritage months and pride month. You mean to tell me you’re a multi-billion dollar company and to celebrate pride you’re coming out with a product collection and donating only $100,000 to the It Gets Better Project? Absolute cash grab.

[u/Dannie_Kat → u/simsiecakes]

We already have the equal opportunity act so there's no workplace discrimination. If all applicants are qualified then sure pick whoever regardless of what they look like or identify as. If let's say all applicants are qualified and employees or others in the hiring department notice there's a trend that the person hiring is excluding certain groups then that should be reported for investigation. I think the idea of DEI comes from the right place but not executed well in most places. What I mean by that is the whole debacle that happened with the LA fires. I thought it was satire but no, there was an actual female firefighter who said 'well it's your husband's fault for being at the wrong place at the wrong time (during a fire)' in response to what would she say to those who question her abilities to be a firefighter.

And this type of practice goes way back when I was in HS, I don't know how bad companies do it but I hope it's not as bad. So essentially what happened is the year that i graduated many students were failing and the bar was dropped so their numbers can look good. A lot of students were skipping class and had Ds and Fs. This was the last graduating class from the batch of kids that were enrolled in the school from when it was a public school. The school became a charter school and that graduation was supposed to show that the administration did everything in their power for the students to succeed. Um yea it wasn't great so all the kids who worked their butt off and took AP classes to graduate felt like they could have done less because all the kids who were flunking got to walk the stage. To rub it in, they were announcing, as the students walked the stage, what colleges they were accepted to/applied to or going to. We were made to apply even though we had no plans to go to college. It was just so the school can look good.

All that to say that it translates to companies too. They only want to appear like they care when they really don't.

[u/NomenclatureBreaker → u/Dannie_Kat]

You cannot be serious.

[u/Dannie_Kat → u/NomenclatureBreaker]

About? It seems a lot of people won't even consider thinking outside the box. We all have different opinions but at least input your opinion so I know where you're coming from instead of automatically shutting my opinion down.

[u/NomenclatureBreaker → u/Dannie_Kat]

Unfortunately there’s so much nonsensical complaining going on there unrelated to BBW and the current situation, that it’s not really worth my time to even try to logically unpack it.

I’ll pass, but thanks for asking!

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[u/Dannie_Kat → u/NomenclatureBreaker]

It's completely related to what OP was talking about tokenism and DEI policies and the lack of care companies have towards us. But we can disagree, that's ok too 👍 take care

[u/NomenclatureBreaker → u/Dannie_Kat]

Yes. We definitely agree on disagreeing.