Re:Why "Freakonomics" failed to transform economics
by jodleif on Monday March 25, 2024 @04:21AM
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Do you think a bias for selecting people that look similar to you is racist as well?
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Re:Why "Freakonomics" failed to transform economics
by rayiner on Monday March 25, 2024 @08:20AM
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Sure. But that’s just the old “don’t discriminate” attitude, which is why I worded the hypothetical to exclude that. What distinguishes “woke” ideology is that it posits ”diversity” is better even if the lack of diversity isn’t due to discrimination. Universities aren’t saying that they need diversity to counteract the discrimination that’s happening in admissions.
This idea manifests in media, for example adding a characters of different races to historical contexts where the lack of diversity isn’t due to discrimination. (E.g. adding a random African character to medieval Scandinavia in Frozen 2.)
Re:Why "Freakonomics" failed to transform economics
by dmorgan81 on Monday March 25, 2024 @10:38AM
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You're upset that a fantasy world that is based on a real place, but isn't that place mind you, added a black character? In a world with ice magic, animated snowmen, and singing reindeer you are upset about diversity because it's not realistic.