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Re:What diversity and inclusion means at Microsoft by version_five on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @02:22PM (#33167004)
I'm not sure about in the US, I know in Canada we've had lots of university faculty positions advertised recently that are explicity for women or some other groups. I don't understand how it's legal but it is.
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Re:What diversity and inclusion means at Microsoft by richbell on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @02:48PM (#33167462)
In Canada the definition of "visible minority" is essentially anyone who isn't a white male.

https://www.canada.ca/en/public-service-commission/jobs/serv...

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Re:What diversity and inclusion means at Microsoft by yieldcrv on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @02:49PM (#33167470)
> I don't understand how it's legal but it is.

Are you sure?

Many countries require being harmed by an action and then bringing that action before a court, before anyone ever compares that action to any specific law at all.

So you can see how many actions become de facto legal if nobody ever does that.

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Re:What diversity and inclusion means at Microsoft by gnull on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @03:12PM (#33167826)
Some manage to find a workaround even when it's illegal. I was reading somewhere that Lund University in Sweden was cancelling the job opening right before the deadline if the most promising candidate wasn't a woman.

There's so much bullshit in this. Universities are not allowed to advertise positions as "women only", but at the same time they are required to reach certain percentage of female "representation" by law.

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