Ending Checkbox Diversity

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Does Diversity Training Actually Impact Inclusive Behaviors?

Corporate America’s attempts at DEI have a far more negative impact than just failing to create an equitable workplace. In some cases, they actually create more discrimination than before.

The Impact of One Man’s Memo

Take the now-infamous James Damore Google memo of 2017 as an example. I remember this memo so clearly, as it was published during the same time frame that I was negotiating my own offer to come work at Google. The title of this memo was “Google’s Ideological Echo Chamber,” and it specifically talks about Google’s culture and diversity policies. Damore was self-prompted to write this memo because of a diversity training he attended, at the end of which the facilitators ...