We have made some significant strides in terms of diversity, yet we have a long way to go. Feels like the head of DEI is more worried about being featured in articles and leveraging his new found stardom than delivering And making real change. Thoughts?
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look into his experience. its public. Wayyyy exaggeration.
But spends time with me
I like the energy I found in this discussion, and I will try to add one dimension I believe has been left out. A fact beyond all this woke culture discussions is that political movements do not provide anymore the feeling of community that the younger generation is looking for, these people look for values that are beyond color, race or political belief. They care about business ethics, inclusive world views, carbon footprint and finally they are trying to see the companies are playing by, or least respecting their own values. What used to be provided by political fractions, or by people who look like you, is now provided by set of companies with a word view shaped by different practices, values and ethics. How many of us believe in politics or politicians anymore? As long as politicians are oblivious to this fact, people will continue to seek refuge with the brands that are seemingly providing this. Therefore I truly believe that consumers who get their drive from political views, like @ihj+1eYufGtM does, are not part of the crowd that companies like Nike are aiming at. Nike will continue to focus on the woke, will continue to really support or pretend to support movements like BLM, or hire minorities, tick boxes for diversity etc. And at the end because of these choices not only minorities or POC will purchase their product, but their positioning and message will resonate with the group who are looking at the world with a wider view and they will feel closer to these values and will buy the products, in the end we are talking about just tee's and shoes.
@xib you’re not wrong but how is this any different from the previous prejudice of hiring ex college athletes from the pnw to do jobs they’re in no way qualified for? Nike has no real backbone when it comes to making decisions (return to the office anyone? Lol) and their pendulum is constantly swinging so just let the DEI guys have their moment cause we all know the hard/non check the box approach isn’t gonna happen
DEI is just the latest consulting boondoggle. Nothing will get better but lots of charlatans bank accounts will get fat.
psssst i'll let you in on a secret...everyone in the dei game knows its a racket and are milking it for all its worth while the going is good. almost like mafia racketeering. most never even cared or done anything about their communities but with blm there's a saying within the dei: never let a tragedy go to waste.
@nye…thank you thank you thank you for posting that! You hit the nail on the head. I’m all for giving everyone an equal shot. But that isn’t what Nike is doing now. Nike is now practicing “corrective racism” in its hiring and promotions under the belief that two wrongs really do make a right. Someone should tell Nike it is illegal to hire or promote someone with race or ethnicity playing ANY part in that decision. I’m honestly surprised Nike hasn’t been sued yet because all of us know that certain positions are now being filled with race, ethnicity and skin color being a qualifying or disqualifying attribute. Nike has the gall to tell us “Do the right thing.” They should change that to “Do the right thing unless you think you have a justifiable excuse to not do the right thing. Then it’s OK.” This place reeks of hypocrisy and double standards
its not just in dei it's in every org and team across the company. whenever we have a vacany we are " strongly encouraged" (nike speak for mandatory) to fill that role with a "minority" regardless of qualification in order to fulfill or make our vp look good for dei
nike: hire a 20-something without any business experience as our dei leader? does his skin color check the box, if so then qualifications be damned the only thing that matters is his ethnicity, hire him/her/they! and repeat for entire dei org!
The solution is simple: Nike needs to spin off Air Monarchs into its own separate business that boomers can support without giving their money to the "woke" Nike.
I think most of us at Nike fully support actual diversity and inclusion. The problem is that actual “diversity” is not found in a physical characteristic like skin color, race, ethnicity, etc. Narrowly approaching diversity in that manner and not addressing the broader and sometimes more complex ways diversity exists is the lazy and cynical approach. It’s the “check this box and then develop metrics” approach. Yet that is exactly how Nike and most other companies do it. I know this because every DE&I communication I receive from Nike has its emphasis solely on these readily identifiable physical characteristics. It ends up breeding understandable resentment both because it really IS the lazy approach, and because the focus is then on what makes us different rather than what makes us similar.
I’m hardly the only person to believe this but employees are understandably reluctant to ever say this out loud. Because DE&I as it currently exists at Nike is a sacred cow never to be questioned.
Do better, Nike.
I think most of us at Nike fully support actual diversity and inclusion. The problem is that actual “diversity” is not found in a physical characteristic like skin color, race, ethnicity, etc. Narrowly approaching diversity in that manner and not addressing the broader and sometimes more complex ways diversity exists is the lazy and cynical approach. It’s the “check this box and then develop metrics” approach. Yet that is exactly how Nike and most other companies do it. I know this because every DE&I communication I receive from Nike has its emphasis solely on these readily identifiable physical characteristics. It ends up breeding understandable resentment both because it really IS the lazy approach, and because the focus is then on what makes us different rather than what makes us similar.
I’m hardly the only person to believe this but employees are understandably reluctant to ever say this out loud. Because DE&I as it currently exists at Nike is a sacred cow never to be questioned.
Do better, Nike.
Wow everyone needs to chill out - under-qualified white men got handed promotions for decades, all they did was focus on their own image. Now everyone this upset over one young POC VP for working on his image. Take a look in the mirror you hypocrites, white men are gonna be just fine LOL I can’t believe this is a serious conversation on here
@ihj a few comments for you.
- wanna know who cares that you’ll never buy another Nike product again? I’ll tell you: absolutely nobody.
- while knuckle draggers like you love to spout platitudes like “Go woke go broke” and then congratulate yourself on what you incorrectly think is your tremendous wittiness and cleverness, Nike knows who its customers are and continues to reap billions in profits from its woke consumer base. If you were smart enough to be able to read and comprehend a financial statement (a highly doubtful proposition) you’d see that Nike’s decision to cater to the political leanings of its customers is what’s commonly called “a smart business decision.” I know…it makes cretins like you livid that the louder you bark, the better Nike does. ALMOST as if it serves as a constant, objective reminder that you and your ilk are far more irrelevant than you’d like to believe.
- Nike moved the vast majority of its manufacturing out of China years ago and almost all of the remaining Chinese manufacturing is done for Nike’s large Chinese market. Moreover Nike’s contract manufacturers don’t employ children nor do they pay them “pennies a day”. In other words you’re hitting the wackadoodle trifecta: foaming at the mouth, looking like an imbecile AND getting every single fact wrong in the process! LOL!! Yet you wonder why serious people don’t take you seriously? You wonder why you get rightly and savagely mocked? Keep wondering, Einstein.
- just so you know, absolutely nobody reading your screed actually believes you care one bit about Chinese children. You clearly are able to fool yourself, but other people? Not so much.
- As for “sc-m” and “hypocrites” well, just remember what your 2nd grade teacher told you (generously assuming you made it that far): “When you point your finger at others, three fingers are pointing right back at you.” Hahaha.
Now, aren’t you late for your Klan rally? Wasn’t it your turn to bring the matches tonight?? Git on an git, Cleetus!
Anyone with DEI in their title is there for PR, that’s it - seriously, who couldn’t do that job? People should be hired based on merit. Now when minorities get hired people assume it’s only because they check a box. Equity is just a nice way of saying discrimination against white people.