In this episode, I explore how DEI initiatives, despite their stated purpose, function as a sophisticated mechanism of the systems they claim to dismantle — selecting for compliance, gatekeeping dissent, and abandoning the most marginalized through the very architecture of participation. I reflect on how my experience of this shaped my journey toward being able to honestly say that home is wherever I am right now. I talk about:

• Renovation rather than demolition (00:55)

• Filtering, gatekeeping, and compliance (10:34)

• Moral indemnity and the road out (20:46)

Resources mentioned:

• https://neuroqueer.com/throw-away-the-masters-tools/

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