--- title: "4 Dei Initiatives Quotes by 1 author" description: "Browse 4 Dei Initiatives quotes by 1 author. Discover the best Dei Initiatives sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4c/louis-yako-20010_cease-to-exist_in-the-end-we-are-left-with-this-painful_129999.jpg" --- > [“In the end, we are left with this painful conundrum: we only need DEI initiatives because we don’t truly have a society…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-yako/in-the-end-we-are-left-with-this-painful-conundrum-we-only-need-dei/) [Louis Yako](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-yako/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4c/louis-yako-20010_cease-to-exist_in-the-end-we-are-left-with-this-painful_129999.jpg) > [“I confront the question of whether DEI initiatives are divisive and ineffective. The answer is yes on both counts, but not for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-yako/i-confront-the-question-of-whether-dei-initiatives-are-divisive-and/) [Louis Yako](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-yako/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/313/louis-yako-20010_diversity-and-inclus_i-confront-the-question-of-whether-dei-i_1507335.jpg) > [“We hear how diversity and equity are about lowering standards or doing away with them altogether. If DEI initiatives do the work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-yako/we-hear-how-diversity-and-equity-are-about-lowering-standards-or/) [Louis Yako](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-yako/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa9/louis-yako-20010_diversity_we-hear-how-diversity-and-equity-are-abo_1720048.jpg) > [“Many people have asked me recently what I make of all the workplaces who were so quick to roll back on their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-yako/many-people-have-asked-me-recently-what-i-make-of-all-the-workplaces/) [Louis Yako](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-yako/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/563/louis-yako-20010_change_many-people-have-asked-me-recently-what_3166030.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dei-initiatives/#itemlist", "name": "Dei Initiatives Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“In the end, we are left with this painful conundrum: we only need DEI initiatives because we don’t truly have a society that values diversity, we don’t have equitable workplaces and communities, and we don’t practice inclusion in the deep sense of the word. The day we have them weaved into the fabric of our human awareness is the day the need for such initiatives will cease to exist. Yet, to forcefully do away with DEI is a way to forcefully govern, discipline, and put each marginalized body and group of people in their right place – a place of servitude – through a culture of fear and terror spread by the privileged white oligarchs at the top. This is precisely why silence and retreat are much costlier than resisting not only what is being done to DEI, but how DEI has been done all along. 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The answer is yes on both counts, but not for the narratives propagated by the American ruling class of oligarchs. Rather, we should consider how DEI initiatives have worked just enough to keep the status quo intact for those at the top, while planting the seeds of division between a significant percentage of marginalized and impoverished white people and every other marginalized and impoverished group in the U.S. and beyond. 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