Re:Racism and Meritocracy
by Ant11 on Saturday November 19, 2011 @02:19PM
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In the article: "When we see extremely skewed demographics, we have very good reason to suspect that something is wrong with our selection process"
In my chess club have the same kind of female/male ratio: 12 females on 220 members. Leaving out the youth members it is 8 out of 180 or about 4% ;-) Something must be wrong with our non-existent selection process.
Re:Racism and Meritocracy
by merkat on Saturday November 19, 2011 @02:42PM
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The problem is not in the admission process, but (amongst other things) in each individual's perception about it.
A mostly male club with only 4% women will naturally attract more male population, making the group even more unbalanced over time.
In my chess club have the same kind of female/male ratio: 12 females on 220 members. Leaving out the youth members it is 8 out of 180 or about 4% ;-) Something must be wrong with our non-existent selection process.