DISCO DUCK

My husband hated drivers who disco-ducked into the gas station just to get ahead.

If there's a vacant station, in front of another vehicle gassing up, the next one in the line will not wait but maneuver its way, however dangerous, to the vacant station. 

Drivers these days risk banging other vehicles causing mayhem by not giving just a few minutes for both stations to be free. 

Looking at these maneuvers as a spectator could cause a senior person to have a heart attack. The utter disregard for civility and respect is just out of this world. 

Civility and decency, folks are surely becoming rarified virtues these days.

It's not that you will actually be ahead of others, you just want to prove the point that you're too busy (or important) to be waiting for your turn, properly. 

This is played out, unfortunately, in larger arenas of life, career, and business.

People wanted to be ahead without putting the work and energy into it. 

People want to dismantle the systems so that they will feel truly uplifted and made equal with the rest.

That folks, is the recipe for anarchy, disorder, through revolution without a just cause.

I was the real Diversity worker from 2010-2015. I was in the trenches working with diverse elements of my community to bring harmony and connections among these groups.

At that time, people scorned the idea that diversity could be a staple form of service under human resources.

The words 'Diversity and Inclusion' weren't sexy enough to harbor more visible support than an implicit understanding that this practice helps the bottom lines.

Nowadays, DEI experts mushroomed in matters of two to three years. 

The battle cry is to topple anyone or any symbol that goes against the current standards of morality and ethics.

This is like saying, "We know what happened in the past, thus we declare you all guilty of being complicit to the reason our current lives are miserable."

On their moral high-horse, this is an emblematic of a generation who are fed by social media thinkers and intellectuals, who don't know any better. 

I'm very sad that DEI has become a billion-dollar industry run by revolutionaries who bought houses and expensive cars, and hired their relatives when they received vast sums of corporate money.

I lament how this had turned out and the miseries of people of color, immigrants, and those living in marginalized conditions continue, unaddressed.

I suspect that this hijacking of this practice is all about wanting to get ahead of the line, getting power (and all that comes with it), and believing in their hearts of hearts that they can get away with it. That they truly deserve to be elevated.

My husband hated disco ducks. 

I don't blame him at all. 

PS. Disco Duck is a popular song in the 70s with a catchy tune and comical lyrics. Google it out!