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Re:Genders.wtf by TylerE on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @12:54PM (#34341764)
You roll a die 120 times, get 20 1's, 20 2's, 0 3's, 20 4's, 40 5's, and 20 6's.

Do you or do you not think it is incredibly likely this is an unfair die.

That's Company B.

Re:Genders.wtf by gambiting on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @12:58PM (#34341836)
If your company takes a pile of CVs and randomly picks a bunch of people to hire, then yes, you are absolutely correct, there is something very very wrong with company B if a truly random process results in an unequal distribution of hires.

But hiring isn't random. Maybe all the "brown" candidates lacked necessary qualifications. Or needed visas which they couldn't get. Or a million other reasons other than "org B is racist".

My point is: you need further context. To look at that one stat as given above and conclude org B is racist is....unwise.

Re:Genders.wtf by brianwawok on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @01:11PM (#34342071)
Is that how you hire? You litearlly roll a dice for an interview? No bias of "This guy looks / acts / talks like me?"

I am not sure I have ever been on a team without some kind of like-me bias. It's real hard.

Re:Genders.wtf by MockObject on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @01:07PM (#34341998)
This is a very inappropriate analogy, because humans are very diverse; the exact opposite of a die's faces.
Re:Genders.wtf by TylerE on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @08:35PM (#34347894)
We’re not discussing f a human. We’re talking about fairly coarse demographic buckets