What’s Up �With DEI?
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Class Attendance�Video Assignment
CLASS 4��Thursday - Sept 5��BEGIN - 4912
Diversity��Equity��Inclusion��[Belonging]
Focusing on increasing diversity, equity and inclusion at work is mainly:
Pew Research Center - 2023
What percentage of Black, Hispanic, and Asian workers think their employers pay
“too little attention” to DEI?
What percentage of Black, Hispanic, and Asian workers think their employers pay
“too little attention” to DEI?
Black – 28%
Hispanic – 19%
Asian – 17%
White – 11%
Pew Research Center - 2023
Having _____ at my workplace has had�a NEGATIVE impact on our operations.���a staff member dedicated to DEI: 11%��DEI trainings and meetings: 9%�(19% of Republican-leaning people)
Pew Research Center - 2023
“Being White makes it easier to be successful where I work.”��White – 24%�Black – 52%�Hispanic -37%�Asian – 51%
Pew Research Center - 2023
CLASS 4��Thursday - Sept 5��END - 9300
Eric from Philly asked on
the YouTube live stream chat:
“What is the biggest pro
and biggest con
to DEI initiatives?”
Hugo from the YouTube
live stream chat asked:
“How does DEI affect
the “meritocracy*” ideal?”
*Meritocracy is the notion of a political system in which economic goods or political power are vested in individual people based on ability and talent, rather than wealth, social class, or race (Wikipedia).
Myrtle from the YouTube
live stream chat asked:
“What is the risk of not having DEI?
Will we go back to 1950’s or before that?”
Rickard from the YouTube
live stream chat asked:
“How does your skin color,
sex or religion have an impact
on your chances of getting a job?
Does that inherently
put value on those traits?”
jonny from the YouTube
live stream chat asked:
“How has forced DEI
impacted outcomes
compared to natural diversity?”
Stephen from the UK asked on
the YouTube live stream chat:
“Do you believe that the
complexity of what groups fall under DEI
is the reason right wing supporters
are pushing back so much at it?”
Bacon from the YouTube
live stream chat asked:
“Is DEI more important
than merit?”
Judith from the YouTube
live stream chat asked:
“Should lawmakers
consider DEI policies?”
Eric from the YouTube
live stream chat asked:
“Should Trump
consider DEI policies?”
Riya from the YouTube
live stream chat asked:
“Can DEI happen without
any programs?
If so, why not let nature
take its course?”
Choam Nomsky from Germany asked
on the YouTube live stream chat:
“Is DEI creating groups
and potential conflicts
along them or is it actually
just highlighting them?”
Axel from Germany asked
on the YouTube live stream chat:
“Will be DEI program stop
when it has "success"?”
Just Lol from the YouTube
live stream chat asked:
“Could the disparities we see happening between races be because of genetics differences between races?
Geneticists recently have found different polymorphisms between the races.”
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0160289615001087
Alex from the YouTube
live stream chat asked:
“My dad didn't teach me Spanish
because he was harassed
for his English.
Now other Mexicans harass me
for not knowing Spanish.
Why would minorities make fun
of "No Sabo" people like me?”