• Samskara@sh.itjust.works
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    2 hours ago

    Yes, it is. He always used to harp on affirmative action DEI leading to less qualified and able people getting jobs. So this results in the perception that any minority working in a qualified profession like pilot is only there because of DEI, not because of their skills and qualifications.

    Watch this video for context. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDjN6A8ruo4 Parts of it are used in the submitted edit.

    Charlie Kirk has said plenty of crap. There’s no need to misrepresent his views by selective editing.

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      11 minutes ago

      But that is not what DEI does. DEI is there ro combat the old white boys club. What makes you think hiring Smith’s sin is going to get you the best candidate. To think without DEI you where Gurung the best candidate is such bullshit.

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      1 hour ago

      Charlie Kirk has said plenty of crap. There’s no need to misrepresent his views by selective editing.

      That’s why I’m questioning why people are using this. There’s literally a clip of him going on about “prowling blacks”

      I think his point was that affirmative action would justify forms of racism in a way, and that was a bad thing, so he was calling it out