I was skimming LinkedIn just now when I had to do a full stop as my brain nearly imploded. If I'd had coffee in my mouth, I would have done a spit-take.
You see, I came across this man's response to an article about what people think of their promotion prospects this year:
The advice itself is bad enough - outdated and full of shade towards people that don't fit the explicitly servile go-get-em attitude he thinks his employees should have. But it's also sandwiched in between the most vile signaling that basically, if you're a "DEI candidate" or a trans person, you don't have a snowball's chance in hell of him ever promoting you — or probably even hiring you in the first place.
It violently, abruptly reminded me one more time why I'm doing this. Why I'm writing to you, making a podcast, etc.
It's because I'm SOOOO not going to stand for this shit.
I'm pulling out my full mama-bear energy. Imagine me standing on my hind legs and roaring.
We, as a society, simply have to produce better leaders than this. This thick glass ceiling - it ends HERE and NOW.
It ends when all the "different" people start putting themselves forward and going for the leadership positions. It ends when we use our power to pull forward others who offer new perspectives...who then in turn use their influence to help society move forward yet again.
Cuz like, we (humanity, that is) - we're not getting out of this century alive if we can't start working together for our common good.
And Mr. Bigot up there - pretty sure his company makes things that people of many diverse backgrounds may want to buy, and perhaps he should prioritize hiring and promoting a staff a people who reflect his actual customers - if he wants to have any.
If having those ideals makes people mad at me...I don't care.
When will people realize that our differences make us strong, not weak?
- Cathy "Smash the stupid glass ceiling already" Lee