“In Germany, migration, gender, racial inequality have been framed as ‘threats to social cohesion’. Events are being cancelled out of ‘anticipatory obedience’, not because it is demanded but because it is believed that some powerful person will disapprove of it. Not out of legal necessity, but out of fear. Sometimes, #DEI work continues under a different name, sometimes it is a complete abdication. A decision to preserve profit margins over people's right to belong.”
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“When watching the backlash from the far right, there is a fear and sometimes a quiet surrender. But here's what we need to understand: the attacks on #DEI are not about policy, but about possibility. They target not only programs, but also imagination. These attacks are not random, they are tactical.”
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