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Showing Original Post only (View all)Let's stop being on the defensive. Bring on the DEI. [View all]
@AshaRangappa_
All I can say is this:
Over the last seven years Ive had people call me a DEI hire to the FBI. Damn straight: I was (as far as I know) the first Indian American woman in the FBI, who speaks three languages (one that literally no one in the IC existed to even test me for), hired after 9/11 when these skills mattered.
The fact that I did not look like an FBI agent allowed me to participate in operations that gathered intelligence included in the Presidents Daily Brief.
My (immigrant) mom later became a contract linguist for the FBI, one of TWO speakers in the Bureau of a critical language needed to take down terrorists.
DEI means reflective of America. And Americas greatest strength especially compared to places like Russia and China is that it contains SO many unique backgrounds, skills, and perspectives unparalleled in the world.
Lets stop bring on the defensive. Bring on the DEI. 🙌🏽
Or in this case, the DE(S)I.
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