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[San Antonio Gal]

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@violann wrote:

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@CalminHeart wrote:

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@bigtraps wrote:

The words diversity and inclusion need to thrown away.  It just sounds bad, and a companies attempt to indoctrinate people.  

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Can I ask what is being indoctrinated?  

I find diversity to be wonderful.  Acceptance, equality, tolerance, kindness, and love are a lot more fun than hating or discriminating.

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I am so very VERY GRATEFUL to find this post here, and to see your wonderful thoughts in print, @CalminHeart .

I am as white as snow, I was SO OVERJOYED when Crayola Crayons woke up and saluted the fact that telling children with skins of ALL COLORS "nude" didn't just mean MY COLOR that I bought a box for my OLD MIDDLE CLASS SELF.

@Melly52 I AM SO HAPPY to meet you here. I want you to know that I honor your opinion, and appreciate your peaceful honest statements.

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Same here @Melly52  - I also appreciate your opinion.   

Well stated @violann and @CalminHeart .

[CalminHeart]

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@violann wrote:

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@CalminHeart wrote:

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@bigtraps wrote:

The words diversity and inclusion need to thrown away.  It just sounds bad, and a companies attempt to indoctrinate people.  

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Can I ask what is being indoctrinated?  

I find diversity to be wonderful.  Acceptance, equality, tolerance, kindness, and love are a lot more fun than hating or discriminating.

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I am so very VERY GRATEFUL to find this post here, and to see your wonderful thoughts in print, @CalminHeart .

I am as white as snow, I was SO OVERJOYED when Crayola Crayons woke up and saluted the fact that telling children with skins of ALL COLORS "nude" didn't just mean MY COLOR that I bought a box for my OLD MIDDLE CLASS SELF.

@Melly52 I AM SO HAPPY to meet you here. I want you to know that I honor your opinion, and appreciate your peaceful honest statements.

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thank you so much!  

[LilMadi]

NO shade name is inclusive of everybody.  And I could care less how a color is decribed, I just choose the one that I want.

[Malcontent]

Exactly what “color” are you?

[all]

Some of y'all need a Jake Brigance lecture..

[Suziqzee]

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@Melly52 wrote:

I have shopped with both QVC and HSN also Zulily. It is increasingly concerning to me at a time when diversity and inclusion is forefront , that the QVC group continues to use the description of nude/natural and skin tone in descriptions of clothing etc. NOT EVERYONE IS BEIGE. i am a woman of colour as many of you customers are and I am fed up of being lumped in as nude skin shade,. If you truly want to be inclusive change your dialogue and offer a range of "skin Tones'

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Some people simply lack empathy, @Melly52. I was shocked to learn this, until my husband and I both took a test to assess our "giftings" and my husband scored close to nothing on empathy, whereas it was my highest "asset."  He and I have these kinds of discussions often, and he really struggles to understand other people's perspectives, sometimes.

Those who have responded rudely to you may not have the ability to imagine how it must feel when even the most basic description of one's skin tone as "nude" neglects that "nude" skin comes in all different shades. Even a bandaid, which is supposed to match your skin tone, is obviously ideally matched for white humans. Unless someone has lived in your skin, they really have no idea what such a lack of inclusion feels like.

Having said that, I do imagine it is tough to come up with color descriptions for white, colorless skin. Somehow, "ghostly," doesn't seem too appealing, lol.  Not every white person is beige, either, lol, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't try, and do better.

[stevieb]

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@Pantsonfire2 wrote:

I am just running low on compassion or patience ...  with everything going on in our world right now I come here to relax a bit but obviously I can't even SHOP without some never ending objection to now what constitutes "nude" ...  just pick a color !!  

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@Pantsonfire2  I'm getting there with you...  I get the issue but I also get that the drum can only get beaten so many times before it starts to become annoying... Nothing is all things to all people...