Dallas Mavericks minority owner Mark Cuban engages in a debate on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) with Chris Rufo, highlighting differing views on the definition and impact of DEI in corporate America. Rufo argues that DEI promotes equality of outcome, contrasting with Cuban's stance. The discussion reflects a broader trend of corporate America's varying approaches to DEI, with some companies scaling back DEI programs due to political pressure and criticism. Despite the controversy, Cuban supports DEI, emphasizing its positive impact on business.
As some of the nation's largest employers pull the plug on their diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, Mark Cuban is defending the policies this week, calling the practice "a positive" for business. https://t.co/GeFfrRzGaj
Growth in DEI marketing crashed in 2023 as companies said they didn’t see a return on investment. A new study explains what’s really happening. https://t.co/hSSoPa3EuU
Harvard Professor Calls For End to DEI, Cites 'Growing Resentment' Among Academics https://t.co/fTl1KgkBcK
Clarence Page: Deriding DEI is the right’s attempt at a polite way to attack civil rights https://t.co/xsuYDRC6wQ
Leftist, social justice scholar, & Harvard Law Prof. Randall Kennedy (!!!): "It would be hard to overstate the degree to which many academics at Harvard and beyond feel intense and growing resentment against the DEI enterprise." Something is happening... https://t.co/nBohkF9LQs
Meritocracy "isn't good enough." "You have to proactively stand for an antiracism environment." 2020 interview of Dame Vivian Hunt who co-authored several influential pro-DEI studies for top consulting firm McKinsey & Company. Econ Journal Watch recently debunked the studies. https://t.co/Gjewf572Nv
🚨NEW- Christopher Rufo Predicts 'Drag-Out Fight' Over DEI to Come in the Next Few Years | Christopher Rufo (@realchrisrufo) foresees a 'drag-out fight' looming on the horizon regarding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives in the years to come, as he recently… https://t.co/Gmvy3fnyDY
"Our systems... are so deeply rooted in patriarchy and colonialism and racism and Otherism." Biden's new "DEI" officer admits her goal isn't to build America up, but to "dismantle" its institutions. "DEI" is a radical agenda to make America DIE. https://t.co/PEanETrOoj
"Backlash Is Real": DEI Exodus Gains Steam Across Corporate America https://t.co/KQmxGdRzGM
Diversity, equity and inclusion helps transcend barriers between patients and doctors. Republican efforts to undo DEI will make bridging biases in medicine still harder. https://t.co/HfJ92uxu6i
For years, McKinsey has been promoting the "business case for diversity". But a new paper shows that it's built on sand: S&P 500 companies with more 'executive diversity' perform no better than those with less. https://t.co/ye9QJPYyEL
Mark Cuban is doubling down on backing DEI, saying it's boosted his bottom lines https://t.co/nLUY8IzBRq
This is where “equity” invariably leads. Every person, every program, every plan must align itself to the lowest common denominator; otherwise, outcomes are not “equal.” And thus here we are…👇 https://t.co/fc0a2Ku5qF
How DEI–a neo-Marxist intellectual tradition–has infiltrated medicine and is undermining it from within DEI, a radical left-wing ideology, has completely captured the leading accreditation organizations in American medicine Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, or DEI, is a… https://t.co/Dk9z9a8hFo
BREAKING: The Biden State Department appoints Zakiya Carr Johnson as top DEI Officer… "We've got to be about dismantling that traditional structure at every juncture." https://t.co/uvlIjCzYHn
Common sense says that anti-meritocratic hiring should REDUCE productivity, so why doesn't greater commitment to DEI demonstrably hurt firm performance? Simplest story: The most successful firms can afford to waste money, and regulation neutered hostile takeovers decades ago.
While corporate backsliding on DEI efforts has been clearly documented, what’s less evident is exactly why those efforts haven’t hit the mark. But a recent report from MediaLink brings a new factor into the picture: the chief marketer. https://t.co/pb9z42A8Vc
Mark owns a basketball team. So I can understand how he might believe that DEI could have a positive impact on the bottom line of a business. But not all businesses are the same. https://t.co/bZ9a3bGEb3
One of the questions I would love to ask @mcuban if he agrees to do a debate with @realchrisrufo is: "If diversity is good for the bottom line, why does it have to be created artificially? Any business that fails to benefit from diversity would be outcompeted by a diverse one…
How are policies designed to prioritize candidates based on race, sex or identity improving the bottom line? This sounds more like a statement of faith. You believe in the virtue of DEI so it must be the cause of positive outcomes. Otherwise discrimination = financial success. https://t.co/DHfGfoz0dg
Good to see mainstream left of centre publications accepting that DEI needs to go, and that legislation is important for actively combatting anti-white/male/Asian/conservative bias https://t.co/XvYTmWiZQH.
Yesterday, @mcuban claimed that companies do not advocate "equality of outcomes." But last week, he said he advised companies to "replace in all of their materials for 'equality of outcomes' to 'equality of opportunities.'" If it isn't happening, why would this be necessary? 🤔 https://t.co/dbGkBxHSmg
With DEI under assault in Florida, safe spaces for some college students will disappear | Opinion https://t.co/VmoDuNkfyS
He's just obviously right. Read any diversity plan. "Equity" means equal group-level outcomes, regardless of group-level performance. https://t.co/d22yKJdoB9
Let me try phrasing this another way: By definition, closing the "gender pay gap" means equality of outcome by sex. Closing the "underrepresented minority gap" means equality of outcome by race. These are explicit goals, written into the DEI plans, of many Fortune 100 firms.… https://t.co/nlghNH9AVw
Good chart from Axios showing how companies are slowly backing away from DEI due to outside political and legal pressure from lawmakers, activists, and billionaires. It should be noted the corporate support for DEI is still way stronger than the before times. https://t.co/zLMGV2flPg
"Businesses are cutting funding, trimming DEI staff — and considering pulling back on things like employee resource groups comprised of workers of various races, ethnicities or interests... BOA broadened internal programs to "include everyone" [of all races!] Good work @StephenM…
Anyone who has spent enough years in fancy private school or has the money to hire a private tutor can produce an effective DEI statement. They are entirely class-sorting tools, a form of bourgeois identity politics, and have nothing to do with progressive politics. https://t.co/cmFVW6VgiD
The corporate woke era is waning #DEI https://t.co/5YWgyhgX9X
Cutting back on DEI = Being less overtly racist against white men. https://t.co/cnnIgA2hvG
Axios says that corporate America is weary of DEI. No surprise. https://t.co/VZxrnGVqxf
Companies have backed away from DEI programs over the past two years in the wake of attacks from lawmakers, high-profile rich guys and conservative activists like former Trump aide Stephen Miller. Some are cutting back funding and reducing DEI staff. https://t.co/Zg5G4nxScQ https://t.co/K4iAaxiUzJ
The business community — long averse to political risk — backed away from DEI programs over the past 2 yrs after attacks from lawmakers, high-profile rich guys & conservative activists. Other companies are sticking with these efforts but doing it quietly. https://t.co/XSunUtAGKU
“… DEI advocates, the scientific community, universities, and federal agencies need to collectively call out the dangers of setting aside DEI and come up with robust ways to demonstrate its value to society,” argues Shirley Malcom in a #ScienceEditorial. https://t.co/jLVnSLPdg5 https://t.co/yESBP1WYVQ
This popular DEI slide illustrates the basic metaphors of the Left: "equality" is capitalism, which creates unequal outcomes; "equity" is socialism, or redistribution for equal outcomes; "liberation" is Marxism, or abolishing capitalist oppression altogether. https://t.co/PL8Pwhdd0Y https://t.co/cK3o3NxgSK
I don’t understand how an ostensibly intelligent person can be so stupid on this subject. The whole point of DEI is that egalitarianism and equal opportunity are not sufficient because they lead to disparate outcomes. They explicitly make this point over and over again. https://t.co/hmsthVD7yH
Cuban argues that corporations do not define "equity" as "equality of outcome," but here are the official DEI materials from Raytheon and Disney, which explicitly reject "equality" in favor of "equity," defined as "equality of outcome." https://t.co/KuL1ClYq7l https://t.co/VdqryVhInX
Finally catching up on the epic Chris Rufo thread where he literally schools Dallas Mavericks minority owner Mark Cuban(@mcuban) on DEI in corporate America. Cuban asked for it. For real. 🤣 https://t.co/sc501UeYK0