Re:James Damore has an above decent chance of winning his le...
by mpweiher on Friday August 11, 2017 @10:42AM
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Let's compare what he writes to the German definition:
"treat people as individuals, not as just another member of their group"
Check.
"Stop restricting programs and classes to certain genders or races."
Check.
"[Our programs] can easily backfire since they incentivize illegal discrimination."
Check.
So he is 100% on-board with the German definition. Google's existing programs, OTOH, are not. They would be illegal in Germany if the definition you've given is correct.
The only thing I can find in his "Suggestions" for the "benefit" of conservatives is the following:
"Stop alienating conservatives"
"We should empower those with different ideologies to be able to express themselves."
Wow, stop alienating a group of people and allow them to speak. That's just horrific. Off with his head!
Affirmative Action, or illegal discrimination, is given when a company bases its hiring decisions in any way on anything but the employees merit. If age/gender/race/political beliefs/religious beliefs/etc have any influence on the hiring decision, it is illegal discrimination.
And he argues similarly, that affirmative action in any way is bad, and Google shouldn't do it - then he argues again that Google should do it, but only for the benefit of conservatives.