Oregon Forestry Department: Bulbous Diversity Officer Gets Boss Suspended for Hiring Based on Merit


Mike Shaw, the suspended guy

You can’t do your job.

Fox News:

A diversity, equity and inclusion expert had her former boss placed on administrative leave for reportedly prioritizing merit over personal identity when hiring new employees, according to a report.

Megan Donecker, who formerly served as the Oregon Department of Forestry’s DEI strategy officer, complained about the agency’s management, criticizing her boss Mike Shaw for looking “beyond gender and identity in hiring, seeking only candidates most qualified for the job,” OregonLive reported.

Hahahaha.

That’s illegal in a democracy, buddy.

Shaw served as the agency’s second-in-command under State Forester Cal Mukumoto until he was placed on administrative leave on Aug. 6 after Donecker filed a formal complaint against him, the Daily Mail reported.

Donecker reportedly first took issue with Shaw when he advocated for a careful approach to DEI, comparing rapid changes to speeding on “an icy road.” She claimed that Shaw, using this metaphor, warned, “We don’t go 60 (mph) out of the gate, or we’re gonna crash the car.”


If the guy really were employing people based on merit, why was this bitch working there?

She also reportedly claimed that six queer staffers didn’t “feel safe or comfortable” at work because they could not have “conversation around pronouns” and referred to the department as a “boys club,” the Daily Mail reported, citing the formal complaint obtained by OregonLive.

The pink-haired, tattooed Salem resident has left the department and now works as a DEI consultant, according to the Daily Mail. She reportedly describes herself as an “accomplice to marginalized communities,” the outlet reported.

Did she really use the word “accomplice”?

Surely, that can’t be the real quote.

This entire program in Oregon is ongoing because of George Floyd.

Oregon widely implemented DEI initiatives following the political unrest in response to George Floyd’s killing in 2020, prompting racial justice protests that swept the nation — and raged for more than 100 consecutive nights in nearby Portland.

But residents have slowly begun pushing back. Clackamas County in Oregon announced in January that it will dismantle their nearly $830,000 a year diversity, equity and inclusion office, calling it an “unnecessary expense” that “only foments friction.”

Yeah, the whole thing is being rolled back everywhere.

So it’s not clear how this guy got fired.


Notice the contrast