> Its whole premise is alleviating racism in the workplace
No, as a non american living in the US i find american obsession with race fascinating.
DEI is about every characteristic on which human can differ and how those difference play a role in the work place. Race is of course a factor , but so are neuro divergence, language, culture, gender and sexuality. Hell even things like "Don't schedule a meeting before 9 AM" is a form of inclusion for the non morning people.
> yet its practical effect is giving certain races a favorable edge in the hiring process, independent of merit.
Then that's a badly designed program. However the other side of the equation, if there some aspect of the workplace ( such as say every important meeting are at 8 AM) are needlessly preventing certain people of expressing their talent... we should also look into it.
> Most recently when he hired an engineer from one of these "favorable races" even when half of the interview panel recommended a no-hire.
Yeah sounds like a problem. Maybe look into the statistics to see if usually those type of candidate would have been rejected.
No, as a non american living in the US i find american obsession with race fascinating.
DEI is about every characteristic on which human can differ and how those difference play a role in the work place. Race is of course a factor , but so are neuro divergence, language, culture, gender and sexuality. Hell even things like "Don't schedule a meeting before 9 AM" is a form of inclusion for the non morning people.
> yet its practical effect is giving certain races a favorable edge in the hiring process, independent of merit.
Then that's a badly designed program. However the other side of the equation, if there some aspect of the workplace ( such as say every important meeting are at 8 AM) are needlessly preventing certain people of expressing their talent... we should also look into it.
> Most recently when he hired an engineer from one of these "favorable races" even when half of the interview panel recommended a no-hire.
Yeah sounds like a problem. Maybe look into the statistics to see if usually those type of candidate would have been rejected.