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Re:Facebook’s diversity efforts show little progress after f... by pwaivers on Thursday July 12, 2018 @12:36PM (#17516264)
> "The upside to this is that white people no longer make up the majority at Facebook."

I am all for diversity, but this sentence upsets me. Decreasing one population in the place should not be the goal.

Re:Facebook’s diversity efforts show little progress after f... by throwawaymath on Thursday July 12, 2018 @12:44PM (#17516360)
But percentages are zero sum. You can't increase diversity without decreasing homogeneity.
Re:Facebook’s diversity efforts show little progress after f... by frgtpsswrdlame on Thursday July 12, 2018 @12:46PM (#17516376)
Increasing a minority will require decreasing the share of the majority. Either you're okay with that or you're not.
Re:Facebook’s diversity efforts show little progress after f... by manfredo on Friday July 13, 2018 @12:25PM (#17524328)
I'm not sure I follow. If a company has 75% from group A and 25% from group B while these groups make up 66% and 33% of the population respectively then it makes sense to address the underrepresentation of group B. But why would we applaud a 50/50 ratio? Isn't that just an underrepresentation if group A? A majority is not necessarily an overrepresentation.

This line if thing seems liable to give credence to the notion that "diversity" is a dog whistle for achieving an underrepresentation of undesirable groups (men, Whites, and increasingly Asians).

Re:Facebook’s diversity efforts show little progress after f... by java_script on Thursday July 12, 2018 @12:48PM (#17516397)
Then by definition you are not "all for diversity".
Re:Facebook’s diversity efforts show little progress after f... by manfredo on Friday July 13, 2018 @12:19PM (#17524257)
Depends. In my view you can be all for diversity but at the same time not deliberately attempt to achieve an underrepresentation of a particular group.
Re:Facebook’s diversity efforts show little progress after f... by swalsh on Thursday July 12, 2018 @12:57PM (#17516479)
It reminds me of mercantilism.