Re:Del.icio.us
by kortilla on Thursday July 30, 2020 @01:54AM
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Being the target of racism and being over-represented are two orthogonal things. Being the target of racism has no impact on your demographics in a population.
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Being the target of racism sure as hell will impact demographics when the population in a group is voluntary.
How many african-americans join the KKK?
No, the point I was making is that you can’t point to racism or a lack thereof and make any statements about representation. Both over and under-represented groups can be the targets of widespread racism.
Re:Del.icio.us
by quadrifoliate on Friday July 31, 2020 @09:00PM
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You are correct, and I was incorrectly conflating the two in my previous comment on this subject.
Since I can't edit it, the following might explain my position better: Asians get summarily excluded from a lot of minority-focused programs in tech on the basis of being over-represented. This should stop, and Asians should be included in minority-focused programs in tech. This is because (as you said, and as shown by this comment) they can be, and often are a target of casual racism and stereotyping.
It depends on the purpose of the program. If the purpose is to recruit even more, then they shouldn’t be included because they are already over-represented. Many of the minority-focused programs are about recruitment and increasing the pipeline.