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Well, hopefully whoever they hire will be able to catch stuff like this. Not just the card itself, but it's image url online in the database ended in 1488--a clear dog whistle to neo Nazis.
1. they are all real English words.
2. It’s a corporate job, of course it’s going to use corporate language.
The Senior Manager Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion position is focused on "attracting, retaining and developing talent that reflects our audiences and promoting an inclusive environment where employees throughout the company can perform at their best." I don't see anything in the job description that would suggest this HR manager has any editorial input on WotC products.
In fact, having someone from HR tell a line managers how to run their business is a good way to alienate management which is no way to start a strategic partnership.
Can you give a specific example of “jargon” being used in the posting? Because to me all of the words in it seem to be used in their plain-English sense. Certainly it reads as very corporate in style, but I don’t see anything that I would define as “jargon.” Is it particularly direct and clear? No, but what communication in the corporate world is? If your intent is to critique the way corporations in general communicate I don’t disagree, but complaining that this specific job posting sounds corporate is an odd way to go about it. If you believe there is a problem with how the corporate world communicates, then this job posting is at most symptomatic of the problem.Can you recommend a writing book that enthuses "corporate" style in any situation. I've read dozens of writing books, including those that cover business writing. Never once have I see jargon recommend over clear transparent communication.
The way I see it, corporate jargon, instead, manipulates the reader and obscures communication.
Can you give a specific example of “jargon” being used in the posting? Because to me all of the words in it seem to be used in their plain-English sense. Certainly it reads as very corporate in style, but I don’t see anything that I would define as “jargon.” Is it particularly direct and clear? No, but what communication in the corporate world is? If your intent is to critique the way corporations in general communicate I don’t disagree, but complaining that this specific job posting sounds corporate is an odd way to go about it. If you believe there is a problem with how the corporate world communicates, then this job posting is at most symptomatic of the problem.
Indeed, but again, if your problem is with the way corporations communicate, this job posting is a mere symptom of that problem. By focusing on this one example of poor corporate communication, you are missing the forest for the trees.Just because someone else does it, doesn't make something OK.
With the possible exception of “bring their whole selves,” I would say the meanings of all of these phrases are pretty clear in context. If they aren’t clear to you, that’s probably fine, as I doubt you are the audience this job posting is meant for. I think it would be fairly easily understood by the people qualified for the position.Here are some words & phrases from the first two sections I find confusing. I don't have a clear picture what WotC was imagining because their language can be interpreted multiple ways or is so general as to be meaningless.
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Leader
That’s just the job title.- innovative organizations
- bring their whole selves
- critical advantage
- strong connection
- strategic partner
- developing talent
- inclusive environment
- integrate and amplify diverse perspectives
- equitable fashion
- under-represented perspectives
- moderate safe space
- Evaluate and report the effectiveness
- impact
- best-in-class industry DE&I practices
- Support and empower
- deliver their goals
- growing the feedback loop
Indeed, but again, if your problem is with the way corporations communicate, this job posting is a mere symptom of that problem. By focusing on this one example of poor corporate communication, you are missing the forest for the trees.
With the possible exception of “bring their whole selves,” I would say the meanings of all of these phrases are pretty clear in context. If they aren’t clear to you, that’s probably fine, as I doubt you are the audience this job posting is meant for. I think it would be fairly easily understood by the people qualified for the position.
Could it be clearer? Yes. Is it worth our energy to critique its lack of clarity? I don’t think so.
Well, hopefully whoever they hire will be able to catch stuff like this. Not just the card itself, but it's image url online in the database ended in 1488--a clear dog whistle to neo Nazis.
Set | Release Date | Set Size | Multiverse IDs |
---|---|---|---|
Alpha | August 5, 1993 | 295 cards | 1-295 |
Beta | October 1993 | 302 cards | 296-597 |
Unlimited | December 1, 1993 | 302 cards | 598-899 |
Arabian Nights | December 17, 1993 | 92 cards (78 unique + 14 variant) | 900-991 |
Antiquities | March 4, 1994 | 100 cards (85 unique + 15 variant) | 992-1091 |
Revised | April 1994 | 306 cards | 1092-1397 |
Legends | June 10, 1994 | 310 cards | 1398-1707 |
I don’t think anyone who understands how multiverse IDs work thinks it was intentional. It’s pretty clearly a very unfortunate coincidence. But it’s an unfortunate coincidence that really should have been caught and addressed much sooner than it was.Don't get me wrong, the card's art is awful and was never considered acceptable. Everybody knew it as the KKK card. And the artist, Harold McNeill, is absolutely a white nationalist. WotC never should have used this art. But you're really, really stretching credibility to argue that the multiverse ID was intentional.