Why/how did the term DEI completely and totally replace the term “affirmative action” in 2024? I’ve never seen such a rapid shift in language.
Literally just a switch flipped one day in 2024 that totally replaced the word. Making this thread because I haven’t seen anyone acknowledge it. Maybe it’s because AA was a mouthful to say. Even then I’m surprised it existed as a term for like 50 years to be replaced in one day.
DEI before 2024 referred to those “cultural sensitivity” trainings that people had to go to when their racist jokes were reported to HR. Or preemptive diversity training of all employees implemented in 2020. But it exclusively referred to things like those. Not to hiring practices. Hiring practices to promote diversity were exclusively referred to as affirmative action before 2024.
Literally just a switch flipped one day in 2024 that totally replaced the word. Making this thread because I haven’t seen anyone acknowledge it. Maybe it’s because AA was a mouthful to say. Even then I’m surprised it existed as a term for like 50 years to be replaced in one day.
DEI before 2024 referred to those “cultural sensitivity” trainings that people had to go to when their racist jokes were reported to HR. Or preemptive diversity training of all employees implemented in 2020. But it exclusively referred to things like those. Not to hiring practices. Hiring practices to promote diversity were exclusively referred to as affirmative action before 2024.