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[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 88 points 10 months ago (7 children)

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

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago (3 children)
[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago
[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months 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 10 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months 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 10 months 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 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months 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 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

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

[–] barsquid@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

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

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months 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 10 months 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.