Death by corporate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), also known colloquially as ‘wokeism’, is unfortunately becoming a theme.
If you have been following the story of a missing deep water tourist submarine run by a company called OceanGate®, perhaps this part of the untold story might provide some ironic context for the current crisis.
“The search for a missing Titanic tourist submersible continued Wednesday as experts fear the watercraft may have only a day’s supply of oxygen left” (more).
The CEO of OceanGate, the company that has created a tourism industry around underwater exploration, is a man named Stockton Rush. Two years ago, Mr. Rush was interviewed about his company and how they operate; his outlook on the personnel he hired might explain the crisis.
According to Mr. Rush, he intentionally did not want to hire a certain kind of submariner expert for his corporate endeavor, because that would only bring ex-military submariners into the company. In his own words he explains how he did not want to hire “50-year-old white guys“, and instead preferred a more diverse and younger workforce to represent the operational face of the company. Diversity, equity and inclusion was the priority. VIDEO at 27:10, WATCH:
https://youtu.be/YH0qRx5eYkY?t=1630
Given the legal liabilities now present, the video will likely be scrubbed. However, there is a certain irony in the decisions around corporate human resources and operational priority, given the fact that all the rescue missions are being led by “50-year-old white guys.”
[…] U.S. and Canadian crews began searching for the underwater vessel Sunday after the 22-foot submersible, named Titan, lost contact with a support ship while carrying five people to the wreckage site of the Titanic. (more)
Grandma’s rules apply to further commentary. I digress.
Is there anyone more arrogant and dismissive than liberal white guys born into great wealth? Unfortunately they usually find things out the hard way…..
I hate the whole concept of discriminating against people with certain immutable identity characteristics in favor of people with other identity characteristics. This usually results in straight, white, Christian males being discriminated against in favor of everyone else. This mentality judges people based on the identity group they belong to instead of as individuals.
People should only be judged based on their merit and content of character and not their identity characteristics.
It appears that the CEO of OceanGate’s policy of discriminating against “50-year-old white guys” and hiring and promoting people based on whether they belong to politically favored identity groups has resulted in the wreckage of this submarine and the deaths of all aboard.
It’s poetic justice that the CEO was one of the people killed by his wokery. Usually, it’s only innocent third parties who have nothing to do with the woke policies who are killed by them. It’s unfortunate, however, that there were some innocent third parties killed alongside the CEO in this incident.
I have coined a new word, “budlight,” which is Bud Light written as one word with no capitalization. It is used to describe the detrimental results of a woke decision. The wrecking of this submarine and the decline of Anheuser-Busch InBev are both great examples of budlighting at work.
Let me see now, my CHOICE is between an EXPERIENCED and vetted “50-year-old white guy“ who would REFUSE to participate in a reckless death trap adventure, or a more diverse and younger SOY BOY using a hand held game console controller in a life or death scenario. YUP – I definitely want a cowardly inexperienced, untested and unvetted girly-boy piloting my life’s end! You bet! Where do I sign up for this death wish experience???