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"Reading the news it’s hard not to think that our species is taking a series of
backwards steps at the moment. Fossil fuel companies are running global
conferences on climate change, people are being punished for wanting a balanced
debate about Palestine and opportunity seems to be heading back towards the
privileged few.
When DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) efforts started in earnest about 10
years ago it felt like the dawn of a more civilised age. We were finally
starting to have a conversation about fairness and opportunity and creating
workplaces where everyone could show up to do their best work. Wind forward to
today and the first black woman to be in charge of Harvard is being hounded out
of her job by a rich donor, immigrants fleeing persecution are being demonised
in ways reminiscent of 1930s Germany, (alleged) human traffickers and
conspiracy theorists are celebrated and companies are quietly scaling back
their DEI efforts as they heartlessly shed staff.
All of this represents a societal trend towards more polarised discourse but
what I’m interested in (for this article at least) is how the pendulum seems to
have swung back the other way for DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion). How
did we get to the point where this reaction is happening?"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
