From a friend's profile
"Today, well, yesterday as it's after midnight, was going to be the day I finally exhaled and told all of you a big secret, something we've been working on for a while now and looking forward to. I should be ecstatic. Instead, I'm disgusted, angry, and, frankly, terrified.
Instead, this is the day I tell you about the call I received from a recruiter regarding my next interview, in the final round of selection for a position I am, in her words "By far the most qualified candidate we've seen."
I was told today "I'm so sorry to inform you the hiring manager has asked us to remove all women and people of color from the pool of candidates. He stated he is exercising his legal right to do so given the recent executive order from the president." Said order explained (link in comments) I have since received an email from another prospective employer stating I will be removed from consideration since I require an ADA accommodation.
To my knowledge, I've never been a DEIA hire. As a woman in Technology, I've worked harder and worked longer hours, and always gone well over and above any and all expectations because in a male dominated profession, it's been the only way to be successful. I, along with many of my peers, including women of color and fellow disabled men and women, have endured sexual harassment, sexual and physical assault, threats, blackmail and extortion and it was largely swept under the rug.
I rarely toot my own horn. However, when I fell into my specialty, I thoroughly enjoyed it and seemed to have a natural affinity for it. From there, I built a several decades long career of being one of the best in my field. People who have worked with me can attest to that. Despite all my prowess, I only ever had TWO managers who treated me as an equal to my peers and both of them were post DEIA implementation. They also both happen to be good human beings, so I doubt my experience with them would have differed. However, the 27 other managers? Discriminatory, abusive, racist, misogynist assholes. Period. But I persisted because love me or hate me, I'm damn good at what I do. And when given the opportunity to prove it, I always do.
Being a woman in Technology was predominantly a shitshow until DEIA became a "thing." It was a great add on to the Civil Rights Act and Equal Employment Opportunity laws. As workplace diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility became the expectation, many of us were able to relax a little and not work 70 and 80 hour weeks, while our male peers clocked their 40, to stand out. We still experienced pay disparity (Like that time a person I trained for two whole years got bumped to $50K/year more than I was making with over 20 years of experience and widely recognized as someone of note in my niche). Many of us were able to unmask and be our whole selves at work and not harm our own physical and mental health hiding our disabilities. Progress was made. More than this, we actually got the opportunity to interview and prove ourselves. Before DEIA, if you had a female name, a black name, or identified yourself as disabled, you just magically never got an interview for Technology jobs.
Now...we're back to the before time when we could be discriminated against with impunity, simply for not having male genitalia, a lack of melanin, loving whomever we choose to love, or a body that isn't perfectly abled. Bonus points if you are more than one of those things. Then you really get special attention of the unwanted discriminatory kind.
And so, on a day I should have been able to share some of the best news of my and my husband's life, I experienced 25 years ago and it definitely killed the mood. And it still doesn't hold a candle to what my BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ brothers and sisters have experienced for far longer and will now, unfortunately, experience with unchecked malice once again.
I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that the A in DEIA stands for accessibility. That means your loved one who needs a ramp to enter a building may soon be shit out of luck. Your child who needs a screen reader or other assistive technology will be unable to participate effectively in their education. And websites may revert back to problematic for over 25% of the population, just to name a few impacts coming your way.
It's pure assholery to make more barriers in the world.
Thanks for Making Discrimination Legal Again!"
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