Tag: DEI

Lost in Translation

On By Hitting BregmaIn Economy, How I see the world, politics, societyLeave a comment

I’m fairly convinced that most of what divides us as a country is a failure in language usage. I know this might sound a little silly, and certainly easy to overcome, but I’m convinced that the bubbles we’re stuck in have different dialects. Of course, I’m not an expert in languages and I’m not saying they’re really different dialects, but I bet if we stopped using certain words to describe things, and talked about what it is that we want or don’t want, there would be a lot less room between us. A leader who could break through that could do a lot for the country. What exactly am I talking about? Here are some examples.

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DEI

On By Hitting BregmaIn Economy, Education, How I see the world, racism, society, Women's Rights2 Comments

My post titles are lacking creativity, but it’s all I seem to be able to muster these days. After a pretty long hiatus from FB debates/discussions, I find myself sucked back in during the second Trump reign. One particularly long thread recently focused on DEI. It’s clear to me now, more clear than ever, that the hatred of DEI is largely based on a total misunderstanding of what it is. This isn’t the first time that some political party has distorted a thing to make it something different than it is, and then attacked it. “Socialism,” “critical race theory,” “welfare.” All turned into something they aren’t and attacked by the right. I honestly can’t think of examples of the left doing this, but I would bet that they exist and I’m just not sharp enough to bring them to mind.

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