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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: DEI Training’s Unintended Consequences
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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: DEI Training’s Unintended Consequences

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: The DEI Industry

This section discusses the rise of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) training in American companies. It questions the effectiveness of such trainings and how they may be doing more harm than good.

The Uselessness of DEI Training

  • Companies make ritual apologies for America's past to signal their virtuousness.
  • Some believe that there is a better way to address diversity and inclusion.
  • Companies pay big money for DEI training despite its uselessness.
  • DEI training seems to be making people less likely to interact with those who are unlike them.

Divisive and Dumb Trainings

  • Some trainings are just divisive and dumb.
  • A Coca Cola diversity training had slides that said "try to be less white."
  • Diversity trainings do not lead to more diversity according to studies analyzed by a Harvard professor.

Academia's Insanity

  • Academia has gone insane with some professors promoting the idea that teaching traditional English is racist.
  • Those who disagree with this idea are attacked and called racist.
  • Victimhood is perpetuated as part of the narrative in academia.

Standardized English vs. Biases

  • Standardized English tends to exclude many groups of people due to biases.
  • While there are benefits to standardized English, not everyone needs to be held to it.

DEI Advocates and Education Reformers

In this section, the speaker discusses the anger that DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) advocates often express towards those who do not embody enough of the white habits of language that make up their standards. The speaker also talks about an incident at Stanford Law School where a judge was stopped by angry students and the dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion lectured him for 6 minutes. The speaker then proposes an alternative to DEI called "EMC" - equality, merit, and colorblindness.

Anger from DEI Advocates

  • Students who do not embody enough of the white habits of language that make up DEI standards are often met with anger from DEI advocates.
  • At Stanford Law School, a judge who had been invited to speak was stopped by angry students and the dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion lectured him for 6 minutes.

Alternative to DEI: EMC

  • Chris Rufo proposes an alternative to DEI called "EMC" - equality, merit, and colorblindness.
  • The speaker expresses support for equality, meritocracy, and colorblindness but notes that some argue these principles hurt minorities.

Negative Impact of Woke Culture on Education

This section focuses on how woke culture is negatively impacting education. The speaker argues that dropping admission tests or eliminating honors classes will not help minority students succeed in school.

Negative Impact on Minority Students

  • Dropping admission tests or eliminating honors classes does not help minority students succeed in school.
  • Woke culture is causing a widening gap between black and white students, with minority and underserved students falling further behind.

Better Way: Talking

  • The speaker suggests that talking is a better way to address issues of diversity and inclusion in education.
Video description

All big companies now require "DEI" training for employees, but studies say that often BACKFIRES. ———— To get our new weekly video from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscribe ———— One study looked at 800 companies, and found that after companies did trainings, they actually came to have FEWER black managers. How is that possible? Erec Smith, a former DEI trainer, now a Professor of Rhetoric at York College, tells me: "It seems to be making people less likely to interact with people who are unlike them ... because it's like a minefield now." He explains that the trainings can make people so afraid of saying something wrong, that people just avoid each other. “If you ask somebody what they do for a living, somehow that's racist, right? If you learn that, then why would you take a chance?" That's the just the tip of the iceberg, regarding DEI's problems. You can watch the video above for more strange ideas that come from it, like “try to be less white" and the idea that some kids don't need to learn standard English.

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