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Performative vs. Transformative DEI: Why Your Checklist Isn’t Enough, Especially Now!
We’ve all seen it, especially post George Floyd, the protests, and the financial shot in the arms by industries all over the US. You remember seeing the new webpage pop up on the company website titled “Our Commitment to DEI.” Some higher up kicks off a Zoom training on unconscious bias. An employee resource group is formed and given a $500 budget. Monthly DEI (or any related acronym: DEBI, REDI, DEIB, DEIA, DEIAB, DEIJ, DEISJ, etc) meetings that lead nowhere, maybe discussed a Netflix movie or series based (or lightly based) on gentrification, racism, slavery, and so on. Then silence. There was no follow-up. No real accountability. No shift in…