Thanks for the post, I definitely agree with the importance of DEI.
I wonder to what extent the issue comes from individual ignorance (asking “where are you from” once is fine, but do not reject an answer and ask again), and to what extent it comes from ideology. There are a sizeable contingent of people with anti-social justice beliefs, who have a natural inclination to be dismissive of sexism and racism concerns. And as you noted, it only takes 1 or 2 bad experiences for someone to feel unwelcome in a place and leave, so even if 90% of the people are committed to DEI, will it have that much of an impact if the others are anti-woke crusaders?
Good comment, and good point on how in general “one bad apple can spoil the barrel”. I am really not sure how much that is at play, or if it is just lack of awareness. I hope the latter! In fact, in one of my examples I know it was the latter but it still leaves a bitter taste in my mouth.
will it have that much of an impact
You mean if any DEI initiative will have that much impact? Just a bit unsure what you are referring to with “that”. Once clarified I will try to respond.
Thanks for the post, I definitely agree with the importance of DEI.
I wonder to what extent the issue comes from individual ignorance (asking “where are you from” once is fine, but do not reject an answer and ask again), and to what extent it comes from ideology. There are a sizeable contingent of people with anti-social justice beliefs, who have a natural inclination to be dismissive of sexism and racism concerns. And as you noted, it only takes 1 or 2 bad experiences for someone to feel unwelcome in a place and leave, so even if 90% of the people are committed to DEI, will it have that much of an impact if the others are anti-woke crusaders?
Good comment, and good point on how in general “one bad apple can spoil the barrel”. I am really not sure how much that is at play, or if it is just lack of awareness. I hope the latter! In fact, in one of my examples I know it was the latter but it still leaves a bitter taste in my mouth.
You mean if any DEI initiative will have that much impact? Just a bit unsure what you are referring to with “that”. Once clarified I will try to respond.
Not if the 90% don’t call out bad behavior when they see it.