This question could apply to any of the topics we discuss here, but my department is getting on the DIE bandwagon, and I'm trying to explain how insidious the DIE agenda really is to a conservative normie in my department. Thinking back to how I ended up opposing this shit doesn't really help because I was largely drip fed experiences and information over a period of years that allows me to see this for what it is. The person I'm explaining this to sort of fell for the propaganda a bit. Who could be against inclusion, right? She's sort of getting it now that I'm exposing how it's not about including people that the left doesn't like, but I really feel I can't do a good job at giving an overview because I've never had to explain the situation to anyone who's uninitiated so to speak. Any arguments I could make or sites I could link to would help. Like I said she's conservative and willing to listen, so it's not so much about convincing and more about exposing DIE for what it is.
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Appeal to their sense of fairness. And honestly wouldn’t a female or minority not want their to be the perception that they didn’t earn their position? My company is all in on it too. Only thing I can do is mention it on the survey they have us do
Some are just hateful and entitled. But appealing to fairness is easy enough to do since she's been targeted for being white in the past.
And these programs end up being anti white (well they claim they aren’t but that is the end game) because they value a diversity checklist over good employees
The people who get sucked into equity don't have that meritorious perception of themselves, so why would they care if other people also think so? If you argue fairness with them you'll just reinforce their position because they don't want fairness - merit never helped them and never will.
People like OP's coworker you can find something they're actually good at and make it personal, but for the real losers I think you need to fight fire with fire.
Anytime equity comes up enthusiastically support hiring more white people in that little department that actually has a lot of minorities. Publicly propose programs to hire from "historically marginalized communities like in Appalachia". Make them over and over again be crystal clear that their policy is racial/sexual discrimination. You should be so annoying that they hesitate to bring up inclusion because they know every time you're going to propose something legitimate to help white people that they can't reject without being racists. When they accuse you of being a nazi say you don't see anything wrong with trying to make the company reflect the public at large and accuse them of not being anti-racist enough. If it comes to it, make them fire you for wanting to help marginalized, discriminated-against white people.
Also remember that the most likely outcome of acting like this is that they'll immediately fire you and you absolutely won't make them learn anything, though you might be able to smugly pat yourself on the back later.
You want to work at a company like that anyway? You're either going to be carrying water for all those failures or phone it in and be miserable, feeling like a parasite yourself.
That’s actually a good tactic.