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nti-DEI sentiments are nothing new.B
ut, with the most recent pushback from the federal government, there’s misunderstanding and confusion about how companies can move forward, said Alaysia Black Hackett, the former chief diversity and equity officer at the Department of Labor, during a recent interview with HR Brew at the Workhuman conference in Denv
er.“What I believe is happening…is a lack of understanding of what [DEI] is and what it isn’t,” Black Hackett said. “When people hear DEIA [diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility] now, they hear Black communities, Black hires, Black people, and it’s this idea that we’re taking away from people