You have to understand that the diversity industry - and the CNO - define and support the definition of "equity" as defined by Imram X. Kendi. It is not operationalized the definition you propose. As a matter of fact, it has nothing to do with equal opportunity (which is my entering argument for almost all of this) - but equality of out…
You have to understand that the diversity industry - and the CNO - define and support the definition of "equity" as defined by Imram X. Kendi. It is not operationalized the definition you propose. As a matter of fact, it has nothing to do with equal opportunity (which is my entering argument for almost all of this) - but equality of outcomes.
You should read Kendi as the CNO recommends. Here's a good primer though.
I think we are saying the same thing in a different way. If we are all to be judges as individuals regardless of race, gender, or other differences, then we have to acknowledge that some of us are on a flat track (I was) and others are on an obstacle course. Kendi actually quotes others in discussions of “equity”: As President Lyndon B. Johnson said in 1965, “You do not take a person who, for years, has been hobbled by chains and liberate him, bring him up to the starting line of a race and then say, ‘You are free to compete with all the others,’ and still justly believe that you have been completely fair.” As U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun wrote in 1978, “In order to get beyond racism, we must first take account of race. There is no other way. And in order to treat some persons equally, we must treat them differently.” Personally, I have never been discriminated against so I have no idea how it shapes one’s world view. I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t like it, and would probably never forget it. Back to finish the book. I agree everyone should read it before they malign it. Maybe even put it on the CNO reading list! ;)
"... then we have to acknowledge that some of us are on a flat track (I was) and others are on an obstacle course. " This is, of course, true for individuals, but not as a people in government designated sectarian groups. Who, using your metaphor, has more of a "flat track;" the son of Bosnian Immigrants, or the daughter of an African-American 3-star Admiral? The daughter of a diesel mechanic from Bakersfield, or the son of two medical doctors who immigrated from Nigeria? Who qualifies as "hispanic" in that caste system - the son of two German-Jewish immigrants to Puerto Rico who moved to CONUS when he was young and grew up with English and German as the primary languages, or the daughter of a gentleman from Spain who married a multi-generational Floridian of mixed heritage who was born and raised in South Florida with Spanish and English as the primary languages in her house?
You have to understand that the diversity industry - and the CNO - define and support the definition of "equity" as defined by Imram X. Kendi. It is not operationalized the definition you propose. As a matter of fact, it has nothing to do with equal opportunity (which is my entering argument for almost all of this) - but equality of outcomes.
You should read Kendi as the CNO recommends. Here's a good primer though.
https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2020/06/ibram-x-kendi-definition-of-antiracist
I think we are saying the same thing in a different way. If we are all to be judges as individuals regardless of race, gender, or other differences, then we have to acknowledge that some of us are on a flat track (I was) and others are on an obstacle course. Kendi actually quotes others in discussions of “equity”: As President Lyndon B. Johnson said in 1965, “You do not take a person who, for years, has been hobbled by chains and liberate him, bring him up to the starting line of a race and then say, ‘You are free to compete with all the others,’ and still justly believe that you have been completely fair.” As U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun wrote in 1978, “In order to get beyond racism, we must first take account of race. There is no other way. And in order to treat some persons equally, we must treat them differently.” Personally, I have never been discriminated against so I have no idea how it shapes one’s world view. I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t like it, and would probably never forget it. Back to finish the book. I agree everyone should read it before they malign it. Maybe even put it on the CNO reading list! ;)
"... then we have to acknowledge that some of us are on a flat track (I was) and others are on an obstacle course. " This is, of course, true for individuals, but not as a people in government designated sectarian groups. Who, using your metaphor, has more of a "flat track;" the son of Bosnian Immigrants, or the daughter of an African-American 3-star Admiral? The daughter of a diesel mechanic from Bakersfield, or the son of two medical doctors who immigrated from Nigeria? Who qualifies as "hispanic" in that caste system - the son of two German-Jewish immigrants to Puerto Rico who moved to CONUS when he was young and grew up with English and German as the primary languages, or the daughter of a gentleman from Spain who married a multi-generational Floridian of mixed heritage who was born and raised in South Florida with Spanish and English as the primary languages in her house?