The Mediocre Narcissist’s Guide to Blaming Diversity for Your Own Failings

The Real Agenda Behind Anti-DEI Rhetoric: Preserving Privilege at All Costs

Talofa reader,

This edition I’ve got a bit of a bee in my bonnet, so bear with the “tone” of this one 😂

I'm listening to the Lex Fridman¹ Podcast with Mark Cuban as the guest, and they’re talking about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programmes.

Mark’s been in some back-and-forth’s on social media with folks who believe DEI programmes are a big scam perpetuated to allow “under qualified”² people to get hired.

Despite Mark's anecdotal evidence to the contrary-

That he has asked around corporate America to understand how real this claim is, and he's only been met with business leaders admitting it's not happening at their company, but that it "does happen" and point to a news article out on the interwebs-

So, no first-hand experience of this major DEI boogeyman that seems to have corporate America in a death grip.

Mark, again, is backing his understanding and experience of these programs as a business leader.

He takes DEI as part of good business practice and sees no problem with it.

Mark goes on to explain each letter's meaning brilliantly:

• "D is diversity, and means you just expand your pool of potential candidates to people who you might not otherwise have access to."

• "E in Equity means when you hire somebody, you put them in a position to succeed."

• "I, Inclusion, means you hire somebody and they might not be typical, right? You show them some love and give them the support they need. This way, they can do their job as best they can and feel comfortable and confident going to work."

So, DEI, gets the thumbs up from Mark “Dallas Mavericks Owner” Cuban.

Which makes me think - if this Billionaire gets it, and he's a businessman who loves capitalism, so he is definitely no left-leaning liberal shill.

And he's saying it's good for Business…

If Mark Cuban gets it, then why do a lot of people find it hard to park the few examples of badly implemented DEI programs in favour of the majority of great outcomes for the rest of the programme?