Re:ACLU files charges against Facebook for targeting job ads...
by whoa_there_bud on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @08:44PM
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> They are not legally required to hire you on the basis of any demographic you fall into (no equality of outcome).
Huh?
> But pretending that the businesses doing outreach are 100% accountable for "SOLVING" every demographic composition is simply not vested in reality
Uhh....
You're arguing against things none of the ancestors have argued.
You use an example (geographic location of a university), however that is not a protected class under US labor law.
> Presuming bigotry can be in itself a form of intolerance
There certainly are bigots running companies, and in hiring committees. Even in Enlightened Silicon Valley! Ignoring that fact is one of the reasons Facebook now faces a federal lawsuit with substantial merit.
Huh?
> But pretending that the businesses doing outreach are 100% accountable for "SOLVING" every demographic composition is simply not vested in reality
Uhh....
You're arguing against things none of the ancestors have argued.
You use an example (geographic location of a university), however that is not a protected class under US labor law.
> Presuming bigotry can be in itself a form of intolerance
There certainly are bigots running companies, and in hiring committees. Even in Enlightened Silicon Valley! Ignoring that fact is one of the reasons Facebook now faces a federal lawsuit with substantial merit.