New evidence that British workplaces are losing viewpoint diversity

Re:New evidence that British workplaces are losing viewpoint... by Loughla on Thursday April 29, 2021 @10:24AM (#26981553)

>you still won’t get anywhere close to 50% of female engineers, or 50% of male pediatricians, as long as people are free to choose a profession.

And that's fair. My argument isn't that it needs to be split and completely equal. It's that the freedom to choose needs to be equal, and the playing field needs to be level, so that who is and who isn't in 'field a' is, in fact based on merit and not arbitrary classification at birth such as gender and ethnicity.

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Re:New evidence that British workplaces are losing viewpoint... by Const-me on Thursday April 29, 2021 @10:52AM (#26981909)

> It's that the freedom to choose needs to be equal, and the playing field needs to be level

I agree. About race inequality, I think in the US the two main causes are public schools paid by local district taxes, and very expensive higher education.

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Re:New evidence that British workplaces are losing viewpoint... by giantg2 on Thursday April 29, 2021 @01:36PM (#26984081)

"It's that the freedom to choose needs to be equal, and the playing field needs to be level, so that who is and who isn't in 'field a' is, in fact based on merit and not arbitrary classification at birth such as gender and ethnicity."

This seems to imply that it is not equal now. Is there any basis to support that?

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