Eric Levitz
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You know, they would say to me, Eric, why are only the biases of white guys? People are only concerned about those. Everybody else has got prejudices and nobody ever talks about that. I said, you're right.
And so I started making sure that we were meaningfully including the voices of white men and understanding some of the challenges that they were facing and standing alongside them when that was appropriate.
And so I started making sure that we were meaningfully including the voices of white men and understanding some of the challenges that they were facing and standing alongside them when that was appropriate.
And so I started making sure that we were meaningfully including the voices of white men and understanding some of the challenges that they were facing and standing alongside them when that was appropriate.
Well, I love that. It's just nobody's living that way. The thing that I loved is when I saw that the president's executive order was named ending illegal discrimination. I was like, what?
Well, I love that. It's just nobody's living that way. The thing that I loved is when I saw that the president's executive order was named ending illegal discrimination. I was like, what?
Well, I love that. It's just nobody's living that way. The thing that I loved is when I saw that the president's executive order was named ending illegal discrimination. I was like, what?
If the president, in fact, seeks to end illegal discrimination, you can't just focus on the discrimination that happens to the dominant culture. You've got to also make sure that you're putting mechanisms in place to end illegal discrimination against all of those protected classes as well.
If the president, in fact, seeks to end illegal discrimination, you can't just focus on the discrimination that happens to the dominant culture. You've got to also make sure that you're putting mechanisms in place to end illegal discrimination against all of those protected classes as well.
If the president, in fact, seeks to end illegal discrimination, you can't just focus on the discrimination that happens to the dominant culture. You've got to also make sure that you're putting mechanisms in place to end illegal discrimination against all of those protected classes as well.
Let's look at what was taking place during the civil rights legislation when you had white drinking fountains and colored drinking fountains. And so we eliminated that. And so then we started with this thing that says that we want people to not be discriminated against based upon their protected class.
Let's look at what was taking place during the civil rights legislation when you had white drinking fountains and colored drinking fountains. And so we eliminated that. And so then we started with this thing that says that we want people to not be discriminated against based upon their protected class.
Let's look at what was taking place during the civil rights legislation when you had white drinking fountains and colored drinking fountains. And so we eliminated that. And so then we started with this thing that says that we want people to not be discriminated against based upon their protected class.
What happened is that when people saw that even when a company had some affirmative action responsibilities and obligations, they still weren't hiring women or they still weren't hiring people of color. And so they started naming things. And I think that's one of the weaknesses in DEI initiatives is that they are named. women, people of color, LGBTQ, neurodiversity.
What happened is that when people saw that even when a company had some affirmative action responsibilities and obligations, they still weren't hiring women or they still weren't hiring people of color. And so they started naming things. And I think that's one of the weaknesses in DEI initiatives is that they are named. women, people of color, LGBTQ, neurodiversity.
What happened is that when people saw that even when a company had some affirmative action responsibilities and obligations, they still weren't hiring women or they still weren't hiring people of color. And so they started naming things. And I think that's one of the weaknesses in DEI initiatives is that they are named. women, people of color, LGBTQ, neurodiversity.
So it's easy to go into an organization and say, hey, that's wrong, that's wrong, because it's got a name, it's got a label, and it's leaving other people out.
So it's easy to go into an organization and say, hey, that's wrong, that's wrong, because it's got a name, it's got a label, and it's leaving other people out.
So it's easy to go into an organization and say, hey, that's wrong, that's wrong, because it's got a name, it's got a label, and it's leaving other people out.
Not sure, but I know that the government has said that they are going to be keeping a keen eye out for that. So I think if you're just trying to do a rebrand, that's probably not the right thing to do. What I see them doing most is that they're maintaining their messages internally, they're changing what they do externally.