Re:Outraged about the Google diversity memo?
by humanrebar on Thursday August 10, 2017 @08:38AM
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You have an excellent point, but your use of the phrase "diverse candidates" misses the concern that the most important diversity is in thought and culture, not just predetermined demographics. A "diverse candidate" in reality may not look like an official "diversity candidate".
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Re:Outraged about the Google diversity memo?
by mnglkhn2 on Thursday August 10, 2017 @10:10AM
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Another question is what makes you think that all whites think the same and therefore it will narrow the spectrum of ideas?
This assumption is never discussed and always accepted as true.
Why is that? Why are all the whites (or white males) identical in their thinking?
Re:Outraged about the Google diversity memo?
by humanrebar on Thursday August 10, 2017 @10:34AM
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It's clearly not true. Hiring a Slavic man would, in abstract, be an increase in diversity in a lot of shops. They're likely Caucasian, though. One response is that it's important to officially value historically disadvantaged groups, but many Slavic groups are historically disadvantaged.
So, in a weird way, diversity initiatives come from a very ethnocentric (American) perspective.