)))Some people game the system to try and get paperwork to show you belong to such a section so that college enrollment, public sector jobs etc get a lot easier.
Prominent lawmakers in the US also game the system.
VOX: New evidence has emerged [SENATOR!] Elizabeth Warren claimed American Indian heritage in 1986
Warren identified as “American Indian” on a registration card for the State Bar of Texas, according to a Washington Post report.
By Ella Nilsen Updated Feb 5, 2019, 8:29pm EST
(TLDR for those not in the US: wealthy powerful while woman rose in ranks after abusing DEI quotas, now has huge influence over tech industry and always angry about an industry which has real diversity (tech:Asians) but conveniently not angry about lack of diversity at Harvard or Senate.
IME, a bunch of them were sweetheart good deals and giveaways to BigCo's own daughters, cousins, sister-in-laws. And the money sloshes around amongst the wealthy inner crowd.
>> I'm seeing a lot of claims here that DEI initiatives are about actively hiring under-qualified under-represented candidates to change the demographics of the company.
DEI efforts try to conflate ethnicity+gender, effectively trying to build the effort on the backs of black, hispanic, and indigenous populations -- but try to count gender as well. Effectively, the DEI outcomes I see at companies end up being wealthy white women getting more opportunities, and the company conveniently checking off DEI as "done"
Prominent lawmakers in the US also game the system.
https://www.npr.org/2019/02/01/690806434/warren-apologizes-t...
https://www.vox.com/2018/10/16/17983250/elizabeth-warren-bar...
VOX: New evidence has emerged [SENATOR!] Elizabeth Warren claimed American Indian heritage in 1986 Warren identified as “American Indian” on a registration card for the State Bar of Texas, according to a Washington Post report.
By Ella Nilsen Updated Feb 5, 2019, 8:29pm EST
(TLDR for those not in the US: wealthy powerful while woman rose in ranks after abusing DEI quotas, now has huge influence over tech industry and always angry about an industry which has real diversity (tech:Asians) but conveniently not angry about lack of diversity at Harvard or Senate.