The Republican Utopia

teachercd said:
I mean, education has been just fine in the country for the last 75 years.  The only things that need changing is coding needs to be considered a foreign language.  Foreign languages need to be taught sooner in schools and more trades need to be offered/taught.  

Oh and MAYBE cursive doesn't really need to be taught anymore BUT the idea of kids in 3rd grade crying while their parents force them to write the Z again is pretty comical. 
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Our elementary schools have Spanish and they stopped teaching cursive. 

 
teachercd said:
Oh and MAYBE cursive doesn't really need to be taught anymore BUT the idea of kids in 3rd grade crying while their parents force them to write the Z again is pretty comical. 
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My kids didn't learn cursive. Just how to sign their name in cursive. It's definitely on the way out.

 
nic said:
https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/walmart-rolls-back-dei-policies-becoming-latest-us-firm-join-growing-trend

Not surprised. Not sure why companies chose to do it. Government 'mandates' probably. I wonder if Disney ever will. 
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Please read the entire article. It's not quite what the self-promoting anti-woke agitator and Fox News are crowing about, or what the company spokespeople they're quoting actually said. 

It's not about mandates. It's mostly about employee recruitment. There was plenty of over-reach and over-reaction, but it's equally weird that some people would chose to fight Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.  

 
Guy Chamberlin said:
Please read the entire article. It's not quite what the self-promoting anti-woke agitator and Fox News are crowing about, or what the company spokespeople they're quoting actually said. 

It's not about mandates. It's mostly about employee recruitment. There was plenty of over-reach and over-reaction, but it's equally weird that some people would chose to fight Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.  
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So this is probably a small % of people, like, really small.  

What people are "fighting" your word, not mine, is another meeting or another book to read or another video to watch or another roleplay or icebreaker.  

Just like any "extra" stuff you have to do at work most people are not geeked up about it.  

If you are in sales and your boss goes "Hey everyone, listen up, we are having a mandatory meeting on sales techniques, Friday, during lunch, don't worry, you can eat your lunch during the meeting but you do need to attend"

No one is going to be like "f#&% yes!  That is awesome!  I get to work through my lunch and attend a meeting" Especially if you are already really good at sales.  

Now, is it a big deal in the end, no, not really.  But it is also not hard to understand both sides.  Most people are not "fighting DEI" they are fighting extra meetings. 

You want a happy f#&%ing inclusive  workforce?  Pay people well, give them time off, take them out for happy hour and respect their time.

It is like the "forced" staff Xmas party, no one likes it.

 
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teachercd said:
Do any of you have DEI departments at your workplace?  I do.  @funhusker I am guessing you do as well?
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Thankfully yes!  It’s the only reason I got the job as an uneducated, communist transsexual black man from the ‘hood that likes to dress up as a kitten and fulfill my life’s dream of changing the sex of children and teaching them to hate America!  And the DEI office has a Pima colada machine and a baby blood dispenser, it’s amazing!  But the donuts suck….

Actually, no we don’t.   The only district that I would think “might” have them is OPS and LPS, which kind of makes sense with the wide range of students they deal with.

 
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teachercd said:
So this is probably a small % of people, like, really small.  

What people are "fighting" your word, not mine, is another meeting or another book to read or another video to watch or another roleplay or icebreaker.  

Just like any "extra" stuff you have to do at work most people are not geeked up about it.  

If you are in sales and your boss goes "Hey everyone, listen up, we are having a mandatory meeting on sales techniques, Friday, during lunch, don't worry, you can eat your lunch during the meeting but you do need to attend"

No one is going to be like "f#&% yes!  That is awesome!  I get to work through my lunch and attend a meeting" Especially if you are already really good at sales.  

Now, is it a big deal in the end, no, not really.  But it is also not hard to understand both sides.  Most people are not "fighting DEI" they are fighting extra meetings. 

You want a happy f#&%ing inclusive  workforce?  Pay people well, give them time off, take them out for happy hour and respect their time.

It is like the "forced" staff Xmas party, no one likes it.
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Oh I get it. Absolutely. Matter of fact, I've been hired to write the DEI statements for corporate websites. It takes about five minutes and consists of rubber stamped cliches that have no binding effect other than to have a DEI statement they can point to. The statements themselves are silly, and I think some of the folks getting paid to lead DEI seminars are embarrassing opportunists. Of course DEI initiatives aren't the only irritating layer of organizational bureaucracy. 

But like I said, this is largely about employee recruitment, which has gotten more competitive than ever. When forced into Diversity -- or at least the optics of it -- companies have found legitimate value in widening the net. It's not only adding some gender and color to those staff photos, it's getting out of the habit of hiring folks from the same preferred universities and traditional career paths. Companies that pride themselves on innovation have discovered that those disruptive qualities come from a more diverse workforce. There's also a productivity motive for avoiding hostile work environments. Employees and customers never used to list Social Responsibility as a criteria for doing business with a company. Now a significant percentage do. It's a legitimate thing.  

So yeah, there are plenty of folks like you and me who roll their eyes at the performative aspect of DEI initiatives. But there are definitely louder and angrier people with racist, misogynist, and homophobic motives rooting against it, including the millions who follow Tucker Carlson, a guy who mocks diversity at face value. In the latest pendulum swing, DEI is a dirty word. That's kinda silly, too. 

 
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