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[–] anindefinitearticle 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

It was the DEI committee doing the slapping.

The DEI committee was the top-down instrument coming after me and others for wrongthink.

I firmly believe in bottom-up approaches, and that's what I tried to implement. Unfortunately those at the top were too powerful, and those at the bottom too scared to speak out in my favor.

I was not the wheel that was squeaking. I was desperately trying to move on from the drama. It was the DEI committee that couldn't stop squeaking. They got the grease of getting me kicked out twice.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

... See, now I'm just starting to think this whole thing is simply made up.

I work in academia. A DEI committee is a specific thing that has specific duties, and they wouldnt even be involved in this sort of thing. No one is being hired, no one is lacking an accomodation or opportunity, no one is being excluded. "DEI Committee"is certainly a big Republican Boogeyman dogwhistle though. So I think I'm just done here.

[–] anindefinitearticle 1 points 1 week ago

Well, that's been my life for the past seven years.

I really wish it weren't true.

I went all-in on a reboot and second chance only to get shat on again.

I really don't have anything else to live for at this point and I don't know what to do other than to speak my truth and hope that the next attempts at something like DEI can learn from it.