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[–] MapleEngineer 87 points 4 months ago (7 children)

DEI is the new N word. It's a racist dog whistle.

[–] AbidanYre 18 points 4 months ago (3 children)
[–] MapleEngineer 7 points 4 months ago
[–] idiomaddict 3 points 4 months ago

It’s literally all forms of bigotry, because anyone of any disadvantaged group could be called “DEI.”

The only group it doesn’t apply to is rich, white, able-bodied, straight, cis, Christian, never-jailed, well -educated men*.

I might have missed an adjective, but you get the idea.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Tim Scott is their DEI bitch, but no one said anything about that.

[–] friend_of_satan 6 points 4 months ago

The reason is probably pretty awful and has to do exactly with what @[email protected] was referring to.

[–] eran_morad 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

That other black guy (remember that dude from the McCain/Palin days?), he must be PISSED that he’s lost the role of Token.

EDIT: Michael Steele. Somehow, I dragged that from the recesses of my memory.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Herman Cain? He died from COVID.

[–] eran_morad 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

No, that other guy. “Drill, baby, drill!” That guy. He’s a never trumper.

[–] AbidanYre 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] eran_morad 2 points 4 months ago

Yeah, but then Token parroted her.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

It's like the N-word and the C-word had a baby, and that baby was raised by all the bad words for Jews.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

its the new woke.

still a dogwhistle though.

theres surely a reason why they regularly change up the terminology like this.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

OOL... Can someone explain the acronym and the context? 🙈

[–] EleventhHour 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Diversity Equality Inclusivity

DEI initiatives have been popular in organizations in the past decade to increase diversity. This angers fascists, so they mock and attack it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

The E stands for "equity", not "equality".

[–] shalafi 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Starting to feel it's gone beyond a dog whistle. Most of those are far more low-key, like "thug" or "urban" or "welfare queen". And this one is more clearly defined by facts and usage than "woke".

They might as well come out and say, "This is what comes from hiring n*****s and women!"

[–] MapleEngineer 2 points 4 months ago

They're pathetic fucking cowards who won't just say what they mean because they know they can't win running as open racists.

[–] barsquid 3 points 4 months ago

This use is a racist fog horn, but otherwise I agree.