In a corporation, this is a person who was hired solely because of the color of their skin, or their sexual identity, as opposed to their actual skills or contributions to the company. This person is usually employed for reasons including company PR or lower government taxation.
Jerry: "Which one of us was the useless simpleton who organized all these files incorrectly?"
Harry: "It was Terry, the diversity hire."
Jerry: "If we screwed up as much as he does, we'd be fired."
Harry: "Sadly, Terry is a homosexual black man, so HR won't touch him."
Harry: "It was Terry, the diversity hire."
Jerry: "If we screwed up as much as he does, we'd be fired."
Harry: "Sadly, Terry is a homosexual black man, so HR won't touch him."
by The Man Guy Dude May 15, 2023
Have ever looked around your company and noticed how many team leaders and lower management tick diversity boxes? These people are diversity hires. All big corporations have quoters for diversity they need to meet and by hiring and promoting people who tick the right boxes the HR team can feel they are fighting for social justice
My new ream leader is a diversity hire. Totally useless but the company will cover for him as he's black and gay
by Owen Jones will save humanity July 22, 2021
A term used to describe the process of including diversity for the sake of pushing diverse agenda, or where it does not fit. This is very similar to white washing, but usually does the opposite. It most commonly applies to film adaptations of books, who race or gender swap characters to ensure the film cast is diverse, in places where the book or story characters were not. It also applied to historical adaptations in which a character (usually white) from history is portrayed as being some other race than they actually where historically. Can apply to film, video game, comic book, plays, books or any other form of media.
Portraying Achilles as a black man, instead of Mediterranean, is just film makers diversity washing Homer's Greek classic The Iliad...
by HereticalMind December 19, 2021
Most middle management in alot of industries have to tick at least one diversity box to be allowed to be promoted however a diversity hire was taken on purely to tick boxes and usually more than one. Example black, transgender lesbian head if HR equality department.
Why would someone so stupid be given a management position when there was lots of better candidates?
The company needed to reduce the gender pay gap so had to do a diversity hire.
The company needed to reduce the gender pay gap so had to do a diversity hire.
by Owen Jones will save humanity February 1, 2021
When a good looking women uses an ordinary ring on her wedding finger to make strangers believe she is engaged/married, and to divert prowling men away from them.
Also known as CBR (Cock Block Ring) The death of all men on the pull.
Also known as CBR (Cock Block Ring) The death of all men on the pull.
Victim - Hey gurl, Can I grab you a drink cause you my type babe?
Woman - Look at the finger durrr!!!
Victims Friends - Man you've just been fucked by the Diversion Ring!!
Woman - Look at the finger durrr!!!
Victims Friends - Man you've just been fucked by the Diversion Ring!!
by bENbENocONNELL March 20, 2017
When a movie or show with traditionally white characters is rewritten to star with persons of color; ie ghostbusters 2016 or the new James Bond movie
by Little spoon July 16, 2019
"If you claim to love diversity, yet live in a white-majority neighborhood, you're just a diversity-tourist."
by UD345 September 5, 2017