Hi Rebecca and thanks for taking the time to patiently engage with this topic—I think that is important.
I agree 100% that people should push back if they feel like it. And I absolutely see the perspective of those that feel like they have to censor themselves in EA settings and that this also causes alienation. I kind of feel EA has 3 choices here:
Continue trying to find a middle ground, alienating people on “both sides”, leadership/prominent figures awkwardly silent on the topics
Embrace the “all discussion is good” and do little in the way of DEI, alienating people who feels discomfort from certain topics like eugenics
Go all in on “Deloitte NYC” and strongly discourage certain discussions, do lots of DEI interventions, have leadership speak loudly about DEI
I am, as is probably obvious from now, pushing hard for option number 3 and also think this is more likely to lead to us achieving our goals. I kind of feel like the frist, currently pursued option is the worst—there is a reason few organizations/companies do this. Take Nike, X, Deloitte etc. they all have taken a strong stance.
I apologize for going part way down the rabbit hole of identity politics. I only meant to say how I feel about the term, to emphasize the points made in the OP. I respectfully decline to go further down that rabbit hole. And I know this can come off as a bit arrogant but I am sure others have written on this topic.
Hi Rebecca and thanks for taking the time to patiently engage with this topic—I think that is important.
I agree 100% that people should push back if they feel like it. And I absolutely see the perspective of those that feel like they have to censor themselves in EA settings and that this also causes alienation. I kind of feel EA has 3 choices here:
Continue trying to find a middle ground, alienating people on “both sides”, leadership/prominent figures awkwardly silent on the topics
Embrace the “all discussion is good” and do little in the way of DEI, alienating people who feels discomfort from certain topics like eugenics
Go all in on “Deloitte NYC” and strongly discourage certain discussions, do lots of DEI interventions, have leadership speak loudly about DEI
I am, as is probably obvious from now, pushing hard for option number 3 and also think this is more likely to lead to us achieving our goals. I kind of feel like the frist, currently pursued option is the worst—there is a reason few organizations/companies do this. Take Nike, X, Deloitte etc. they all have taken a strong stance.
I apologize for going part way down the rabbit hole of identity politics. I only meant to say how I feel about the term, to emphasize the points made in the OP. I respectfully decline to go further down that rabbit hole. And I know this can come off as a bit arrogant but I am sure others have written on this topic.