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LuAnn's avatar

I hear you, Don. I won't say much because I have to write and edit DEI copy where I work. What I would say is that if a company doesn't perform, as in sell things, employees are let go. Non-essential employees go first. Every company has goals for its employees. One of my goals is to increase website traffic this year is by 8 % with content. So far, traffic this year is up over 10% and climbing, but I have to sustain that until Dec. 31 when a new target will be assigned. No target, no bonus. ( I comment here as often as I can while working.) DEI where I work also has targets and one of them "engaging with content" which means reading it. That is usually low. Where DEI succeeds is internally with all of its "positive" messaging and its employee groups. In my case, I do what is asked of me to the best of my ability because I am a professional. Other than that, I stay in the background because I am fearful of saying the wrong thing. I am even worried about commenting here. There is diversity but not diversity of thought. This will be the last time I say anything about the topic.

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Subvet's avatar

Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor would reportedly write in his diary, “I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.”

We can hope this is so in this case as well.

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