Tired of “privilege walks” and black squares on social media that feel hollow? Workplace inclusion expert Y-Vonne Hutchinson peels back the superficial layer of performative DEI to reveal a fresh approach that meets people’s real-life anxieties — from climate chaos to political instability — and helps us connect with compassion and respect. It’s a spark of optimism for anyone looking to replace empty gestures with thoughtful, practical solutions that actually make a difference. (Recorded at TEDNext 2024 on October 22, 2024)
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@kinpatu
March 20, 2025 at 7:46 am
It’s all a power grab based on a false narrative.
@DominionAnako-bb7ry
March 20, 2025 at 7:46 am
Food products 😋
@AngeloLamorgese
March 20, 2025 at 7:48 am
DEI is racist.
@ging1984
March 20, 2025 at 10:43 am
@@AngeloLamorgese source?
@keigre5319
March 20, 2025 at 8:09 am
In the West, DEI = Less people of white European DNA in workplaces. It’s strange that there doesn’t seem to be much talk about DEI outside of the West. Such as the Caribbean, India, Africa, China etc.
@Schmidtelpunkt
March 20, 2025 at 8:43 am
Yes, after all the white slaves got transported from Europe to India and worked on the foundations of that state, while never being allowed ownership and therefore collectively lagging behind the median of the Indian society they really should talk more about giving white people a chance…
@AndogaSpock
March 20, 2025 at 9:02 am
There is absolutely talk of DEI in India. Much like slavery, India had its caste system, and has oppressed a vast majority of people into the occupation that they were born into, for 1000s of years. Now there are quotas in government jobs to people from lower castes.
@ging1984
March 20, 2025 at 9:38 am
Doesn’t sound like you know what DEI means 😂
@betsypower7850
March 20, 2025 at 8:14 am
DEI Did not fall short it was an abomination!!
It’s total BS !!
@Matt-x3i
March 20, 2025 at 8:43 am
It falls short when it pisses of the majority by discriminating against them. It’s a racist ideology that needs to just end.
@meanderinoranges
March 20, 2025 at 8:56 am
It violates the civil rights act of 1964. Period. It needs to end.
@Ninja9JKD
March 20, 2025 at 9:24 am
Where doesn’t DEI fail is a better question.
@unholyrevenger72
March 20, 2025 at 12:44 pm
Worked out for the conservatives, with their DEI hiring of Clarence Thomas.
@macdisciple
March 20, 2025 at 1:18 pm
I man if you want an example, a lot of progress has been made making online resources available to people with visual impairments.
@ging1984
March 20, 2025 at 9:43 am
WOW lots of uninformed people in the comments who didnt watch the 3 minute video and are gleefully brainwashed with lies and propaganda 🤦🏻♀️🐏 ❄️
@Bleehhhhhhhhh
March 20, 2025 at 10:24 am
Keep being mad
@ging1984
March 20, 2025 at 10:42 am
@Bleehhhhhhhhh I’m not mad but y’all certainly are 😂 oh the horrors of being a decent human!!!
@jamhorne
March 20, 2025 at 9:46 am
The intersectionality alone got my attention and I’m thankful you all are continuing to use this platform to inform and educate 💜 Anyone who is actually interested in understanding what DEI is and how it affects us, can learn just enough to challenge their beliefs in the healthiest way possible
@marktyler3381
March 20, 2025 at 9:47 am
Ban it as racist and sexist. There.
@divinitymode9364
March 20, 2025 at 9:55 am
Most sane people support DEI both in principle and practice. Where it’s gone wrong is saturation of aggressive messaging from ideologues and performative BS from media and corporations. Which only serves to provoke the bigots further and further. And here we are. A divided, polarised culture war fuelled by bad actors, grifters, and brainwashed fools on either side.
The world will never be fair. But it can be fairer. By manifesting basic levels of intellectual honesty, empathy, and carefully implemented affirmative action.
Progress is hard and messy. A liberal democracy accepts that and meets the challenge with tolerance and flexibility. We are at a moment in history. Be sure you’re on the right side.
@andreaisreading
March 20, 2025 at 10:06 am
Oh look, a whole bunch of people in the comments that didn’t watch the video that just came here to spread their hatred.
@jamhorne
March 20, 2025 at 2:05 pm
@@andreaisreading precisely that. I wish they understood that being unkind, loud and having an echo doesn’t make you right in your actions or opinion. And the lack of comprehension is even more apparent each time they double down
@omar-lora
March 20, 2025 at 10:19 am
There is nothing to rethink about DEI except for their out of touch woke ideology
@Bleehhhhhhhhh
March 20, 2025 at 10:20 am
That title alone is worth an unsub. But it’s been coming a long time anyways. By Ted.
@henrycardona2940
March 20, 2025 at 1:15 pm
racist, you need more than ted to save you
@MeatMachine212
March 20, 2025 at 10:27 am
Liberals’ favorite game = telling everyone how much of a victim they are
@Creepzza
March 20, 2025 at 10:35 am
I think it was a pretty good talk and I am usually opposed to it.
@AmericansUnited-li7js
March 20, 2025 at 11:01 am
Why the use of D.E.I when there is affirmative action and civil rights act?…..what i have noticed from reading is they always put black people as the face of topics and movements that dont benefit them.
@Star-u3t1l
March 20, 2025 at 11:20 am
With DEI gone we are going back to 1950’s, bad move!
@karenreddy
March 20, 2025 at 1:37 pm
Better the 50s than the mess we’re in now
@jamhorne
March 20, 2025 at 2:03 pm
@@Star-u3t1l the comments prove exactly that
@Monkeyboard90210
March 20, 2025 at 12:54 pm
I was in an argument the other day, and I got stumped when they asked why Asians should sit down and shut up about being discriminated against in college admissions. I couldn’t even fall back on calling them a privileged white devil. Can someone give me a strong argument that I can use next time?
@KemetledAfrica
March 21, 2025 at 1:54 am
They are not
@karenreddy
March 20, 2025 at 1:36 pm
Here’s how to rethink it: Stop rethinking it. Let talent, and not diversity, determine success.
@leviefrauim1425
March 20, 2025 at 4:45 pm
exactly.
@elegantcourtier
March 20, 2025 at 7:50 pm
Who determines talent when systemic systems actively dictate who gets access?
@AndogaSpock
March 20, 2025 at 9:59 pm
If you have a job opening in your team, and you interview 2 candidates. After 30 mins of conversation/interview with each, both candidates seem equal to you. One is white, one is black, whom do you pick ?
@fyka2902
March 21, 2025 at 5:10 am
@@AndogaSpock No one is equal, if you know people they will be working with. There will always be characteristics (other than the childish colour matching exercises) that would better suit the role. 30mins should be more than enough to identify them. There is no logical reasoning that can justify racial discrimination in the workplace.
@leviefrauim1425
March 21, 2025 at 3:11 pm
@ the one you’ll get along with the best, the one who puts the job and team ahead of themselves, the one who understands teamwork and mission.
@JackMeier-fg1nm
March 20, 2025 at 2:13 pm
Yeah, no
@dmitriis4075
March 20, 2025 at 3:52 pm
DEI = Didn’t Earn It
@jacqueline6303
March 20, 2025 at 4:52 pm
I like the fresh approach. It promotes compassion and empathy for everyone.
@BicBoi1984
March 20, 2025 at 11:32 pm
Equality of opportunity is just evil as equality of outcome.
It violates personal choices and property rights. Abolish it all.
@thituannhanguyen2056
March 21, 2025 at 12:45 am
Sigma sigma on the wall whos the skbidiest of them allllll
@MOO67204
March 21, 2025 at 3:30 am
She really didn’t say anything meaningful here
@Katbaloo2022
March 21, 2025 at 2:33 pm
There is only one thing that companies understand. Don’t spend your dollars where you are not welcome.
@drcliffhuxtable
March 22, 2025 at 9:15 am
DEI is a waste of time and money in the real world. If DEI can not be practiced in all industries, it’s simply not logical or effective. DEI is actually about dividing people. it’s about continuing the narrative of these people are the oppressors and the others are the victims. The next time you drive to the grocery store park in the furthest parking spot from the door opposed to the closest. That’s how effective DEI is.
@ronkirk5099
March 22, 2025 at 10:23 am
Conservatives in the U.S. seem to think a couple decades of DEI to give minorities a hand up and compensate for literally centuries of discrimination, marginalization, and in the case of black Americans, enslavement is enough and the problem of inequity of opportunity is solved. Until minorities are represented proportionally in both the private and public sphere positions of power, the job is far from over and solved.
@shadowone01x99
March 22, 2025 at 11:22 pm
Can someone share statistics that prove that DEI fails to meet performance standards in jobs?
Folkd keep ssying dei is bad yet i do not see companies that use dei failing ot rather data is not provided that proves this.
@bertl1022
March 23, 2025 at 6:15 pm
The whole purpose of it is division, not diversity.