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DEI isn't preferential treatment. It's a methodology for correcting past, and preventing future preferential treatment.
And yes, I read your entire comment. The last 2 paragraphs are fine, but your first paragraph misses the mark by miles. What you describe in the first paragraph isn't DEI.
Yes it is. I know the culture war disagrees with anything and everything that pissing all over DEI, but thats exactly what it is. You cant correct past or future mistakes that way. You either hire/recruit based on merit, or you dont. Theres no in between.
https://time.com/7291474/supreme-court-reverse-discrimination
https://www.littler.com/news-analysis/asap/uk-plaintiff-white-straight-man-not-selected-job-prevails-discrimination-claim
It would be a mistake to conclude that discrimination based on sex, race, or sexual orientation only goes one way. I have loads of examples in the US and elsewhere, of "positive discrimination" by bad actors. And even more, where its clear as fuck, it was only something they were doing to wash their shitty reputations.
It looks like in the US supreme court decision the justices clarified the law and kicked it back to the lower courts. The final case hasn't been ruled on yet. In the past, majority groups were expected to have stronger evidence for discrimination. This decision changes that. I don't think that's a great decision for minorities and I'm not sure using the current US Supreme court's motivations, which don't seem to be at all concerned with precedent, are a great basis for how we should frame our understanding of racial justice.
The UK case seems to indicate a ruling on the narrow principle of 'positive action' which is fundamentally distinct from 'positive discrimination.' You seem to be mixing those two ideas up a bit.
The judicial system is inherently conservative. It's designed to be that way. And just because a judge or group of judges decides something doesn't make it the right thing to do. This whole 'reverse discrimination' push is simply undoing the progress of the civil rights movement, unfortunately.
Im not mixing anything up. Just because you call it a different name, doesnt change what it is. Racism.
What seems to be happening is that a lot of people, yourself included, seem to think that the answer to past discrimination is more discrimination. And in case you all missed it, Trump has been voted in not once, but twice, because a very large group of people felt the deck being stacked against them.
Outside of that, you look to things like Star Wars, Star Trek, Lord of the Rings and other media franchises, were the mantra "Male and pale is stale" was openly said around their production over the past decade. The result is that young men and boys and all but abandoned those things. Because they are sick of being told that being straight, white and male is a bad thing. Its so bad, that Disney is now looking for another franchise to buy because they have no idea how to get genz and younger bums back on seats. And further to that, in social media world in general, the hate and generalisation of straight white males has gotten so bad that around the world young boys are increasingly being taken in by right wingers who dont treat them like rapists and abusers. Its almost like all this over correction has come back to bite everyone on the ass...
Black, white, gay, straight, man, woman, and everyone in between should be judged on just one thing. Their ability to do that job. If your the best person for the job, you should get it. End of. Once you start making excuses, once you start excluding people, you start making enemies. The only way to make sure that black people have the same start in life, if to make sure there is money and access to education that allows them to take control of their own lives, and puts them on a level playfield. Then you dont need to lower standards, or make excuses, or discriminate at all. You just hire the best person for the job, and you go about your day.
Quite a mouthful. Too bad none of it addresses the legal nuances you completely ignored in your previous assessment.