I’m going to preface this article with everything I believe should be done to have a more fair society and world:

  • Everyone, regardless of their race, sexual orientation, or cultural background should have the same opportunities
  • The only exception to the above rule are those who harm others in pursuit of their identity

If soceity doesn’t have the above, how do you get there? Lately, it’s been by “systematic reparations”.

I’m going to take one concrete example, and let anyone in the audience extrapolate from it: DEI hiring initiatives.

  • DEI hiring brings under-represented groups into different fields. This is good, as it makes the great individuals feel welcome to put their best work forwards
  • DEI hiring, by increasing the likelyhood of interview/offer also makes the average underrepresented person perform worse during their employment, tarnishing the reputation of those who were competitive on their own merit
  • By favoring under-represented groups in the hiring stage, DEI hiring harms people in over-represented groups

I hope that one day we will succeed in our DEI initiatives and not need to worry about diversity quotas - But the truth is, for the negative side effects of DEI, many people oppose DEI hiring in private. These people are afraid to speak up.

This isn’t an anti-DEI post. This is a post for people who think they’re the crazy ones for being opposed to these social policies. You’re not crazy. A lot of people think these policies range from odd to borderline insane. But for the same reason you don’t say it, they don’t either.

I really hope future generations look at today’s society and our intolerance of certain groups with the same criticism modern Americans look at the KKK. But the truth is, in private, a lot of people disagree with these reparations, but they don’t know how to express it without being counter-productive to the movement. And so if we reach a breaking point where this backfires, let it be known for the history books it didn’t come from nowhere. It’s been bubbling.

Some important notes:

  • There are people who publicly oppose these DEI and likewise initiatives. That is not the focus of the point - the focus is to let it be known for history, that many more people oppose it in private, but fear speaking out
  • You can replace DEI with many things such as right wing political ideology, LGBT acceptance, opinions on immigration, pedophilia, etc.
  • This is not a post of me confessing of my opinions, I’m not and never have been afraid to share my opinions