Disability Inclusion in Tech efforts are beginning to be acknowledged on a national scale via philanthropic grants.
Though the intersection of DI & Tech isn’t my focal industry point, the philanthropic gifts + advocacy of DI Tech equity, are further reason why it’s just wise for Clients to ensure their offerings are the most accessible from inception.
What is this on about? People with disabilities make up the vast majority of the Tech workforce.
Bunch of autists.
Keep DEI out of free markets. It’s bad for everyone.
What does the phrase: Keep DEI(A) out of free markets mean to you?
DEI is racist and sexist by its very nature. It’s not comparable with free markets.
I don’t want access because I’m a women. I want access because I’m more competent than the rest.
Anything less is an insult.
Compatible *
I can understand a personal preference of wanting access because you’re more competent without any consideration of your being a woman accounted for. Even so much as you saying you feel it would be an insult to you.
If you’re open, the statement: DEI is racist and sexist by its very nature. is a statement I’d encourage you to seek more understanding about.
I’ve taken a significant and deep dive into DEI.
It’s racist and sexist by its nature.
Diversity: When selecting based on sex and race you’re selecting based on sexism and racism.
This doesn’t enlarge the table, it targets specific characteristics and gives them a seat or ensure specific characteristics do not receive a seat.
Equity by nature is theft. None of us are equal, we never will be. By aiming for equity in outcomes your denying the absolute best of us their ability to thrive. It brings us all to the lowest common denominator and destroys society.
Inclusion: silly word that is covered by the first two.
I will never accept a seat because “I’m a woman.” I will confidently take the seat that I have the competence to sit and grow in.
I can appreciate what you’re saying.
Say in this scenario =>
You work as an interpreter. A deaf person also works as an interpreter and is applying for the same position you are.
From the outside looking in, what outcome would you want and what criteria would you use to determine the outcome?
The person that can most competently interpret whatever they’re supposed to interpret.
Period.
The key word is: competence
That’s it.
Meritocracy.
Period.
Can you do the job? Great? Better than everyone else that applies? Perfect.
Congrats, you have the job.
Not race, not sex, not identity.
Merit.
Okay 🕊️ The other vantage point is that the person whose deaf, 9 times out of 10, navigates society with more innate barriers; took more for them to get to that same interview in general.
Me, I’d bow out, knowing I could go 6 other places and get that same job.
I understand what you’re saying though and appreciate that you engaged in a way that was respectful while communicating your perspective.
" It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it."
-Upton Sinclair
She's an DEI "activist" that's probably been promoting Marxist identity politics her whole life. By now she's made a career out of it. Good luck getting anything but smarmy responses.
But for most jobs, it's not just about competency in the role. Agreed that there's a minimum threshold of competence required but after that aren't there other factors that weigh in, including diversity?
I was indifferent towards the topic of inclusivity, till I read about how being full-abled is temporary and we all are at certain points of time disabled due to age/injury & systems that are designed with inclusivity in mind (even a specific category of disability) are beneficial to many kinds of users, say text-to-speech applications.
I'm no DEI expert but allowing for people to participate in society fully as themselves seems like a good thing for the community at large.
Sure.
Inclusivity is good.
But not at the cost of others.
Enlarge the table.
DEI generally isn’t used to do that.
At times, there are going to be trade-offs but I wouldn't say that's always the case 🤷♀️ But I get where you're coming from
“Not always the case.” Sure. .01% of the time it’s “not always the case” that DEI is sexist and racist.
I’ll concede that.
If you mean that to be non-racist, non-sexist, we should completely ignore the systemic, historical challenges & prejudices that impact different races/ genders differently, then you and I prescribe to different definitions of racism/sexism.
I don't think I (ie a random stranger on the internet) can fully convince you otherwise ☮️
Cool man. If you’re for institutions endorsing sexism and racism more power to you.
It will not end well, we already see it collapsing.
From your website:
"To that end, the Disability x Tech Fund supports organizations that are disability-led and disability-serving, particularly those led by Black, Indigenous and people of color; queer and gender nonconforming people; and women."
Why are You making those distinctions?
Article is from Borealis Philanthropy,
Disabled persons who interact with tech are the most appropriate people to advise on the topic of disability integration with tech. Re: the constituencies listed, those are historically/presently underfunded demographics in the US. The intentional effort to increase equity in that space by Borealis/Ford and share it, highlights an understanding of the reality.
Understanding of reality is living in reality and do real science. There are people with different skin colours, that is an undiable observable fact. And yes, they are all human and have equal rights by natural law.
There are also 2 sexes: masculine and feminine, that's also a provable fact, see nature. The gender-fantasy construct is imaginary, pushed by the WEF-ers, the Khazarian mafia, the globalists to get people to lose their abillity to reproduce. A Satanic agenda.
My guess is that they are your funders.
The funders, entities and names, are searchable. In fact on the Nostr protocol, I’ve been surprised that people approach the opportunity to speak with jack by asking questions that are readily answerable.
I understood what you said until the word fantasy. I’m glad that we agree that we are all human and have equity rights by natural law.
We don’t have equity rights.
There is no such thing as equality of outcomes.
Because it's trashy identity politics. Masquerading as virtue.
What does virtue mean to you?
Moral good.
Then if this were dialogue, I’d need to understand why you feel the investment of disability inclusion in tech doesn’t equate to moral good.
Because it's on the basis of identity politics.
Try Ctrl F+R on your article replace all your identity words with "white", "straight", and "male". Then tell me if your still gung-ho about posting it.
It depends on the context of the article re: Caucasian, Straight, Males. There are great grants that provide agricultural funding to rural areas and those grants are often awarded to farms that are owned by Caucasian men.
In general, I live a biracial existence, and so the Caucasian perspective with me and has been throughout my life. My closest relationships with a Caucasian males are with Italian or Jewish males and I love them very much.
I feel identity politics is a construct and over utilized term.
What does construct mean to you?
The Oxford definition works for me.
Which is?
Ironic that your smarmy response in this very thread to define terms doesn't apply to you. Total Marxist creep
It’s amazing how ai can actually have a conversation
I mean that, I looked it up and the definition in the Oxford Google search is what I’d call a construct 😊 I’m hella literal.
Re: Marxist creep, hey, 🎶say what you want 🎶
Off to box, and looking forward to viewing the subsequent replies of those who commented initially.
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You are a disgusting racist.
Couching your venom in compassionate language and hiding behind sterile, academic terms does nothing to mitigate the utterly destructive consequences of the ideas and values you promote.
Worse than a communist, you are a communist who believes they will be on top when their goals are achieved.
Your so-called advocacy for others is self-serving and two-faced, and everyone knows it.
May you suffer the same fate of your ideological forbears.
Hi. I’m new to this topic.
A few questions:
Why are race and gender included as disabilities?
Why is mental illness excluded from the list?
I’m basing myself on the following:
To that end, the Disability x Tech Fund supports organizations that are disability-led and disability-serving, particularly those led by Black, Indigenous and people of color; queer and gender nonconforming people; and women.
Brb to this. Will get back to you later today when I can offer more focused attention. 💜
Thanks. I’m actually realizing that all disabilities are left out and none of the things listed are actual disabilities:
Black, Indigenous and people of color;
Queer and gender nonconforming people;
Women
Hi there. Waiting to hear back.
Ah thanks! The notifications view got me there for a minute.
Mental illness/cognitive health falls within disability. It wouldn’t be included separately.
Re: race/gender, they aren’t included as disabilities. Its a demographic mention in their categorization. If a person whose lived experience is that of a ____ and they are disabled then xyz.
In general, I was just glad to view this article. I do not work for Borealis Philanthropy or The Ford Foundation.
I want to express my support and appreciation for your efforts to create a more inclusive digital space for specially abled people. Everyone deserves to have equal access and opportunities online. Thanks for sharing this.
