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Comment on Python Foundation rejects $1.5M grant with no-DEI strings

I get that hiring practices should not discriminate, but in practice, what I have seen is the opposite of meritocracy. My company had many DEI hires, and they were the first to go when the money got tight.

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Chozo@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I feel like you may not understand what DEI actually is. What, precisely, do you think a "DEI hire" is?

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- pHr34kY@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  “DEI hire” has a different definition depending on whether you’re talking about design or implementation.
  
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  - Chozo@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Neither of those are DEI.
    
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    Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Also the “Implementation” part just sounds like what a really shitty company wound do, primarily trying to monetise on “DEI” … wtf.
    
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    Gaja0@lemmy.zip ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I see his fully fleshed explanation, but I don’t see a counter? Not that I have any strong opinion, just curious what DEI actually means.
    
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PunnyName@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
What meritocracy? A bunch of white dudes born into privilege that allows them the opportunities that the average person doesn’t have?

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morriscox@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Maybe they were the first to go because your company didn’t want them around no matter how skilled they might. It seems odd that all of them would be let go. That implies that your company decided to only hire incompetent people because of the color of their skin and refused to hire any minorities that were competent.

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