Exactly!! They think that DEI also is the new affirmative action, when in fact merit and qualifications play a definitive role in DEI hires.
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They just don't see that anyone who is not white can be substantial. It's flawed thinking.
mar 28, 2025, 7:39 pm • 1 1 • view
They really don't. The fear of the Other, the seeing the other is lesser in fundamentsl ways is pretty deeply ingrained and their leaders reinforce it
mar 28, 2025, 7:43 pm • 1 1 • view
From a young age this rhetoric never made sense to me. I don't understand why anyone would choose to think this way. I cannot identify or relate in any way. With every fiber of my soul I despise and oppose it, and will continue to do so.
mar 28, 2025, 7:57 pm • 1 0 • view
It doesn’t make any sense to me either. Let’s just say you’re a woman of color who’s a pilot. MAGA sees you as lesser than and hence unqualified, but I can guarantee you that woman had to work a minimum of three times as hard to get to where she is.
mar 28, 2025, 8:04 pm • 2 0 • view
MAGA types have a zero sum view of the world. They see limited opportunities and to them every time a person of color has some success, they feel it was taken from a more qualified white person. But you're right- all too often it means that person worked 3x as hard and put up with 19x the bullshit
mar 28, 2025, 8:17 pm • 3 1 • view
And... this bothers me too. Why do they think someone's success means it subtracts from theirs? I do not see it this way. I see the big picture. We all win. However now, in 2025, I see a maga win as a WE ALL LOSE.
mar 28, 2025, 8:21 pm • 0 0 • view
Absolutely. Their fear is incompetence in themselves, so they mask it with tactics of oppression and lies.
mar 28, 2025, 8:15 pm • 2 0 • view
A lot don't really choose it. Children believe what the adults in their lives tell them is true, especially if their actions back it up. If they live in a bubble where all their friends & neighbors believe it, too, it can be hard for reality to break through
mar 28, 2025, 8:08 pm • 1 0 • view
Exposure is so important to help dispel the stereotypes or remove fear.
mar 28, 2025, 8:18 pm • 2 0 • view
YES! People have a harder time hating people they know
mar 28, 2025, 8:20 pm • 2 0 • view