Move is to comply with state law passed by Governor Ron DeSantis that prohibits public funding of DEI programs

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    4 months ago

    It is that simple. In the other comment you made, I brought up Europe as an example on how to do things right. You are trying to argue semantics, when the thing is very simple. You don’t call it prefferential treatment, you try to make it sound better to the reader, when it is exactly that. Prefferring candidates that are of a specific background, decided by people arbitrairly choosing the amount of leeway someone gets, or who those people are. It’s downright immoral.

    If I would complain, that my company failed when making a product because I went bankrupt, and then pointed a finger at a millionaire, saying “give me this contract instead of him because I come from a poorer upbringing”, I would be laughed at everywhere. And this is exactly what this is.

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        4 months ago

        But it is better than the US when it comes to giving someone an advantage based on race or gender.

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          4 months ago

          In which contexts? Because I’m sorry, you seem to be against affirmative action, and affirmative action definitely gives more advantages to minorities in the U.S. than Europe, which has none of that.

          You’re now contradicting yourself. Is preferential treatment the problem or not? (and it’s spelled preferential with one f.)

          So clearly you’re talking about something else. Please elaborate, if you’d like.