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[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 88 points 1 year ago (7 children)

DEI is the new N word. It's a racist dog whistle.

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It’s literally all forms of bigotry, because anyone of any disadvantaged group could be called “DEI.”

The only group it doesn’t apply to is rich, white, able-bodied, straight, cis, Christian, never-jailed, well -educated men*.

I might have missed an adjective, but you get the idea.

[–] PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.com 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Tim Scott is their DEI bitch, but no one said anything about that.

[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

The reason is probably pretty awful and has to do exactly with what @MapleEngineer@lemmy.world was referring to.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 7 points 1 year ago

It's like the N-word and the C-word had a baby, and that baby was raised by all the bad words for Jews.

[–] QuantumEyetanglement 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

OOL... Can someone explain the acronym and the context? 🙈

[–] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Diversity Equality Inclusivity

DEI initiatives have been popular in organizations in the past decade to increase diversity. This angers fascists, so they mock and attack it.

[–] QuantumEyetanglement 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

The E stands for "equity", not "equality".

[–] barsquid@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

This use is a racist fog horn, but otherwise I agree.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Starting to feel it's gone beyond a dog whistle. Most of those are far more low-key, like "thug" or "urban" or "welfare queen". And this one is more clearly defined by facts and usage than "woke".

They might as well come out and say, "This is what comes from hiring n*****s and women!"

[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

They're pathetic fucking cowards who won't just say what they mean because they know they can't win running as open racists.