Is it racist to call someone a "diversity hire"?

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So I was at my desk at work yesterday and I heard the lady who runs HR say to someone that the new employee was a "diversity hire." She's honestly a pretty nasty old lady she talks shit about her assistant all the time saying that he's the "laziest Asian" she's ever met 🙄. Honestly I'm surprised she hasn't been fired but I'm just wondering if anyone else thought that calling someone a "diversity hire" was racist?

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Yes, because it implies that the person isn't qualified for the job. Plus you'd never hear someone calling a white person a "diversity hire", so it comes from a place of white privilege to say that.

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Sometimes that's what it really is. But it's not another employees job to state that. That's between the company and the "diversity hire" really it shouldn't even be a title at all.

I would file a complaint against that lady. Also contact the BBB about it as well. I couldn't work with someone like that. Have your opinions fine, but keep them to yourself.

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Honestly though, some people really are "diversity hires" and that is what pisses me off. Colleges do this especially.

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There are diversity requirements that businesses have to meet overall, but it's still wrong to call an employee a "diversity hire". It implies they were only hired to meet the quota, instead of for their qualifications and abilities which a candidate should be judged by.

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I don't see anything wrong with the words 'diversity hire'. So no, not racist.

Is it racist to call someone a "diversity hire"?

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