L.A. judge rules LGBT corporate diversity law unconstitutional

Re:L.A. judge rules LGBT corporate diversity law unconstitut... by PaulDavisThe1st on Saturday April 02, 2022 @04:20PM (#30891347)

If diversity is valuable then:

  * in an organization filled with native (whatever that means) people, your Latin heritage would add value. In an organization filled with people with Latin heritage, the native part of you would add value.

  * in a company filled with cis-straight men, then diversity being valuable implies that anyone with a different experience would add value.

  * in Paraguay, your Canadian experience is more valuable in terms of whatever value diversity brings than it is in Canada. By contrast, in Canada, your Paraguayan experience would offer more value.

Of course, it is possible that it's not true that diverity is valuable. But there's solid anecdotal evidence that it is, and maybe even a bit of actual statistics.

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Re:L.A. judge rules LGBT corporate diversity law unconstitut... by _3u10 on Saturday April 02, 2022 @04:35PM (#30891454)

Oh by native I mean indigenous, I’d just say Indian but I’m not allowed to call myself that anymore without issues from the PC people telling me how ashamed of myself I should feel. I always forget the acceptable term to refer to myself by.

I kind of get it but I just call that hiring people with experience.

Like I do get hired because I’ve done a whole bunch of different roles and have actual diversity I’m not just a Java programmer with 20 years of experience making login forms.

Also having done a lot of things I usually have an interesting non-work story to tell.

I find that kind of diversity hugely valuable. I find hiring people because they check a diversity box dumb and bigoted.

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Re:L.A. judge rules LGBT corporate diversity law unconstitut... by PaulDavisThe1st on Saturday April 02, 2022 @05:12PM (#30891716)

Well yeah, mostly.

The worst-case scenario is a bunch of people with different ethnicity, religious affiliation/experience, gender identity, age, etc. etc. ... who all like the same entertainment, food, clothing and vacation options. "Diversity" ... yes. But actual diversity, no.

However, I'm not sure that this actually a real-world problem.

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