Where is the love?? on Spoutible

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And by glaring, I mean everyone notices it and people are starting to speak up. Companies are also becoming worried about their public persona.

Because let's be frank, they didn't care beforehand, and they often don't care after the fact.

07:59 PM - Jun 01, 2023

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But without EIB there is no D. Without the whole, you're just building a house without foundation.

And it will quickly crumble. Or, because the powers that be aren't directly impacted, rather you'll see a revolving door of really talented people getting constantly shitted on and leaving.

08:02 PM - Jun 01, 2023

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And here's the kicker. DEIB is easy when everyone is committed to doing the work.

Equity means being transparent about things like pay internally and externally. That means first paying everyone a decent (above market) wage and, secondly, making sure that decent wage is equitable across every role.

08:04 PM - Jun 01, 2023

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Inclusion, I think, means tackling the small things. The microaggressions that are often ignored but extremely harmful when you're on the receiving end.

Like misspelling or mispronouncing someone's name. Like only crediting solutions to your white teammates when they didn't even do the work or...

08:08 PM - Jun 01, 2023

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Worse, didn't even make the suggestion. Like only listening to your white teammates when your non-white teammates have been signaling the alarm for a while now.

Like giving high-visibility projects to your white teammates.

Like allowing your white teammates to fail forward.

08:11 PM - Jun 01, 2023

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Oh, everyone knows so and so is an issue but everyone is just supposed to work around them.

Like we know this person is rude and condescending but we'll continue to allow them to be that way.

When those concessions are not made for your non-white teammates.

08:13 PM - Jun 01, 2023

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And when you get the first 3 right, belonging is just icing on the cake. Because when someone sees themselves at all levels, knows they're valued the same as their white teammates, and doesn't have to deal with microaggressions...then it's easier to feel like you actually belong.

08:16 PM - Jun 01, 2023

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And a buzzword of recent years that companies are marketing with their DEIB is anti-racism.

But here's the kicker, if you have someone racist working for your company then your company isn't anti-racist.

And that racist person more than likely is high up the food chain. And there isn't just one.

08:21 PM - Jun 01, 2023

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I wish non-white people could live our best lives at the same salary with the same opportunities (and no stress) as white people. But we often aren't afforded that reality because the very structure that breathes life into all of society does so at our expense.

08:24 PM - Jun 01, 2023

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So if you think hiring the first diverse person on your team is going to make a difference, think again. Especially if they now report to someone who is not culturally aware and doesn't even know how to manage them.

08:26 PM - Jun 01, 2023

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