Biweekly my employer has an open questions forum for leadership and the past several meetings there has been someone(s) anonymously submitting questions about DEI. Any ideas on what a good question could be to possibly help the company reconsider or limit DEI initiatives?
I was thinking about asking something about why they've chosen to value equity over equality, as we've all heard the saying that "equality is equal opportunity and equity is equal outcome", however that seems to be more of the political definition as when I look up equity in the dictionary it just says "fairness, impartiality", so maybe that's not such a gotcha question I thought it would be.
Any suggestions?
As far as I know, all of the woke and DEI bullshit traces back to some sort of state legislation and often some sort of funding or penalties therein. Having worked in the public sector I have seen this over and over again. By the time such measures get implemented or effect the local level, pushback is frequently futile; often the authorities at the local level feel just as powerless as the local citizenry. I would imagine the same is true within companies and even corporations. With this in mind I think we need to form watchdog groups covering various issues and bills by state and federal legislators before they come into law. Back in the day, we could rely on watchdog journalists to keep a check on things but obviously that has long since not been the case. I would suggest research the LAWS passed in your state and how they effect the company. Create a handout with short bullet points of the facts. Then create and PETITION your legislators to repeal them. The only thing that needs to be asked is for people to join you in the petition.