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Re:What diversity and inclusion means at Microsoft by BlargMcLarg on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @03:04PM (#33167693)
You can flip the script and ask why you should apply rules based on the aggregate despite obvious counterexamples. White boonies kid isn't happy to be excluded over the fact they are white, either.

Point being this whole strive for 'ultimate equality' is going to create victims in its fanatical wake. No perfect method exists and no one wants to be on the losing end. But it is easier for those in a position of affluence to decide who is allowed in, as long as they won't get hurt themselves.

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Re:What diversity and inclusion means at Microsoft by peter422 on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @03:08PM (#33167761)
So we throw up our hands and perpetuate the obviously unjust status quo?
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Re:What diversity and inclusion means at Microsoft by notch656a on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @03:15PM (#33167877)
The beauty of capitalism is the process that farms for the most net value extracted from the employees is more favored to win. I'm all for competitor companies hiring based on diversity (aka progressive-approved racism) , it creates market opportunities for the firms I work for.
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Re:What diversity and inclusion means at Microsoft by peter422 on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @03:38PM (#33168212)
Perfect, so you have no problem with Microsoft having this policy! Problem solved.
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Re:What diversity and inclusion means at Microsoft by notch656a on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @06:16PM (#33169970)
I don't follow the logic that suggests that because I have no personal problem, a problem doesn't exist.
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Re:What diversity and inclusion means at Microsoft by psd1 on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @02:45AM (#33173676)
Splendid, we agree. I'm expensively-educated but not particularly talented. Inner-city kids who are smarter than me don't have anything like my opportunities. I have no personal problem, but a problem exists.
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Re:What diversity and inclusion means at Microsoft by notch656a on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @12:08PM (#33179058)
Hiring people based on skin color is not equality of opportunity, it is equality of outcome.
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Re:What diversity and inclusion means at Microsoft by fsniper on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @10:24AM (#33177407)
No, you go and fix the social inequalities and trickle that up. You can't trickle down equality by introducing more "positive" inequality
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