Re:Antisocial Coding: My Year at GitHub
by roguecoder on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @04:49PM
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Those consequences are only present for women or people of color: white men don't take the same reputation hit for promoting diversity and fairness: https://hbr.org/2016/03/women-and-minorities-are-penalized-f...
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Re:Antisocial Coding: My Year at GitHub
by ForHackernews on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @06:11PM
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HBR also claims that "Diversity policies rarely make companies fairer, and they feel threatening to white men" https://hbr.org/2016/01/diversity-policies-dont-help-women-o...
Re:Antisocial Coding: My Year at GitHub
by opportune on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @05:07PM
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Sorry, could you clarify what you mean by "those consequences"?
Re:Antisocial Coding: My Year at GitHub
by roguecoder on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @05:22PM
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For women and people of color, supporting diversity was found to have a negative impact on how effective they were perceived to be, lowering performance ratings and reducing the chance of promotion. The same wasn't true for white men, so even though white dudes weren't rewarded for it, we can support marginalized people without sacrificing our careers.