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The death of DEI in tech

With Elon Musk leading the way, racism, sexism, and all the other isms look to be heading back into the tech workplace.

I’m an older, relatively well-off, straight white man, and I know darn well that I owe a lot of my success to the fact that, except for my age, everything in the US economy has been set up to benefit me. Others, such as Meta — where Zuck is suffering from a middle-aged crisis with his gold chain, newly curled hair, and sudden weird fascination with “ masculine energy ” — appear to be on their way to getting rid of their existing diverse workforce. I fear, though, that we’re stuck with this trend until cold, hard financial facts convince corporate leadership that right-wing politics leads to poor business decisions.

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