John looked at this story recently, but I had a few thoughts to pitch in. In case you missed it, this is something that can be added to the list of things that can go completely sideways when a company focuses on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) over its core operations and success. At Uber, a company already fighting plenty of issues, particularly with labor unions, they have employed a woman named Karen Bo Young Lee as the DEI chief since 2018. She holds regular DEI training seminars, usually over Zoom calls. They typically focus on the feelings of minorities and other favored demographic groups. But this year, Bo Young Lee decided to expand the program a bit, adding a seminar exploring the feelings of white American women. She named the seminar “Don’t Call Me Karen.” And as you would expect in 2023, everyone else lost their minds and she has now been suspended and will probably lose her position. (The Guardian)Read More
Uber’s “Don’t Call Me Karen” events cause problems
