[Ads-l] "DEI" Not in OED

[Laurence Horn]

> On Jan 30, 2025, at 4:26 PM, Mark Mandel <markamandel at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> A very timely couple of findings.
> Mark Mandel

I don’t know about that. Where’s the part of the cite that shows that the inevitable result, if not the goal, of DEI programs is, as we now recognize, to cause aircraft to crash?  

LH
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> On Thu, Jan 30, 2025, 3:58 PM Ben Zimmer <bgzimmer at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> KPMG Canada press release, Apr. 5, 2011 (via ProQuest):
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>> Want to Work for a Company That Leads the Pack in Diversity?
>> [...]
>> In the past year, our Diversity, Equity & inclusion (DEI) team launched a
>> retention strategy focused on women and a family-friendly workplace.
>> 
>> Also archived here:
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>> https://web.archive.org/web/20110816175534/http://www.kpmg.com/Ca/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/Press-Releases/Pages/KPMG-only-company-named-among-Canadas-Best-Employers-for-New-Canadians.aspx
>> 
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>> On Sat, Dec 21, 2024 at 7:55 AM Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu>
>> wrote:
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>>> DEI (not in OED)
>>> 
>>> [1999 Sydney Morning Herald 19 June Business 61 / 4 (Newspapers.com)
>>> BankWest seeks to embrace a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion.]
>>> 
>>> 2013 Daily Kent Stater: Kent State University 5 Sept. (LexisNexis)  It is
>>> the official launch of our Equity Action Plan and secondly, and just as
>>> important, is to introduce our new staff and some of the great changes in
>>> DEI this year.
>>> 
>>> 
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