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DeSantis and Moody announce state investigation of Starbucks' DEI practices • Florida Phoenix
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I'm going to go against the grain here.
From the article:
Companies that have these kind of goals are problematic. And it can cut both ways: One company could say "we have enough minorities now, so we can go back to hiring a bunch of white people", while another could say "Hey, we've only got 25% minorities here and our bonus is tied to having 40%. Better hire a bunch of minorities even if they're not the best qualified for the job." Either viewpoint is problematic, especially if those making the decisions benefit financially (even if indirectly) by making at least some choices based on ethnicity rather than qualifications.
If you hired the best qualified people and you happen to have a good mix of minorities, men, women, etc., then you have a diverse team. If you hired some minorities in order to meet a quota or save your own bonus, then you hired a bunch of "token black guys" based on their skin tone rather than qualifications. If you stopped hiring minorities and just intend to hide behind the quota instead of continuing to hire qualified minorities, you're just a racist asshole.
With all of that said, we all know why DeSantis is doing this: He's a racist, narcissistic asshole who wants to build his political career off of racism and hate. But having what are essentially hiring quotas in place as part of your policy gives people like DeSantis ammo to do it, while also doing little to nothing to actually help the minority populations they're supposed to be helping.