If you care about diversity, don't just hire from the same five schools

Re:If you care about diversity, don't just hire from the sam... by BadassFractal on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @11:52PM (#15547318)

Well written, thanks for that. I'm usually on the more conservative end of things but this has definitely helped me think of the issue differently, I love having my opinion changed or at least nudged in a different direction, confirms that I'm not sitting in an echo chamber all day.

What would be in your opinion a reasonable way to support the opinion of the poster you replied to? Could you steel man his position? Curious what the counter-arguments would be.

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Re:If you care about diversity, don't just hire from the sam... by wpietri on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @10:18AM (#15550290)

Thanks. I'm dispositionally conservative. In another era would have ended up a Rockefeller Republican; in another timeline, a libertarian. But when I honestly look at America's history in this timeline and the lived experience of a lot of people, I don't think we are yet living up to America's promise. That has made me pretty energetic in pushing against racism and sexism.

If you get interested, I'd strongly recommend "Sundown Towns", which looks at a conveniently unexamined phenomenon that a) did a lot to shape America's racial history, and b) helped me to see forces in play today. It's been a giant eye-opener for me.

Sorry, but I didn't quite follow your last paragraph. Which particular opinion of the poster were you thinking of?

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