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[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 56 points 5 days ago (2 children)

France is an interesting choice as the first ones to threaten. They might be the country most willing to tell America to fuck off and spend an evening lighting Teslas on fire.

DEI initiatives don’t really exist there like they do in the United States. Their constitution already bans employers from making distinctions based on race, gender, religion, etc. The closest thing France has that I know of is a requirement for corporate boards to be 40% women. They aren’t going to change that law because Trump threw a hissy fit.

Plus, DEI doesn’t even really mean anything specific in the United States anymore. It’s just a dog whistle (like “woke”) Republicans use to signal that they’re racist and sexist and stir up racial animus. They use it when it doesn’t even make sense. Trump blamed “DEI hires” when an ARMY helicopter crashed into a passenger jet even though all the pilots and the air traffic controllers were white men. He blamed the LA wildfires on DEI.

[–] SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org 23 points 5 days ago (1 children)

DEI is basically the modern n word.

[–] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I was going to say, it's not always a derogatory word. Those who are still aligned with DEI don't use it that way. So yeah, I guess it is.

[–] futatorius@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago

DEI in the US just means not being a racist, misogynistic, *-phobic piece of shit.