Even though diversity, equity and inclusion jobs increased by 55% following the murder of George Floyd in May 2020, a recent study has showed that the vast majority of them have dried up. Across the country, DEI layoffs have been fast and unrelenting.

A study conducted by LinkedIn showed that chief diversity and inclusion officer positions expanded by 168.9% from 2019 to 2022.

Companies like X/Twitter, Amazon and Applebees have experienced significant layoffs since July 2022, according to New York-based data company Revelio Labs. A different survey revealed that Black employees account for only 3.8% of chief diversity officers in all, while white people make up 76.1% of the positions.

In addition, those with Hispanic and Latino heritage account for 7.8% and those who identify as Asian make up 7.7% Revelio Labs’s senior economist Reyhan Ayas stated that calls for equality in the workplace back in 2020 were promising but never taken seriously.

“I always say that it is so easy to make public statements and commitments because no one will eventually check if you’re committed to the things that you committed to,” she explained. “I can say: ‘I will be fully vegan by 2025’ because no one will ever call me in 2025 and ask me if I’m actually fully vegan.

“And that’s really what is going on here. In 2020, a lot of companies made big commitments, big statements around the DEI roles and goals. And as we are observing a turning of that tide, I think it’s very timely that we actually look into companies to see if they have kept up with those big statements they made.”

The fact that the Supreme Court banned affirmative action in college admissions has only exacerbated the problem.

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    Same shit, different decade. They’ll pretend for long enough for the public to outrage over something else, and nothing is done to truly serve liberation. Just a couple horseshit sinecurial spaces with fancy titles that will inevitably be filled by the same gentrifiers as the old ones within five years. It’s not really a surprise anymore, just a disappointed facerub and a sigh.

    Idk. I’m no longer convinced any of this can be solved without the entire community uprooting and disassociating from America as we know it in pursuit of our own self-determination; much as a pipe dream as that is. NFAC might’ve had a lot wrong, but they at least had the need for self-determination 100% spot on.

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      Conservstices: Designated Ethnic Invertebrates

      Everyone else: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

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          hard to keep up with all these new acryonyms

          Especially the ones from foreign countries.

      • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏@lemmy.one
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        This.

        And it’s so difficult to even suggest it to people who desparately need the professional help, such as those deeply trapped by their personal hardship to the extent where it affects their worldview or has them contemplating suicide

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              No, I think it’s extremely beneficial to all humans to be able to have a neutral, professional party to help them assess and evaluate all of life’s problems that can be thrown at you. Oftentimes your friends, family, or third social space are great resources for this but there are a lot of things that we may be uncomfortable with or unable to discuss with them and they will all be fairly biased. They also may not know effective, positive coping strategies.

              You don’t just need therapy if you’re mentally ill. That’s a stigma that needs to be done away with.