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Re:Meta's memo to employees rolling back DEI programs by grahamj on Friday January 10, 2025 @10:25PM (#42663033)
Because one of them is systemically suppressing the others. The point of DEI is (or at least should be) to counteract systemic bias; how can you do that without looking at the characteristics that are the determining factor of that bias?

tbf this should all start at the education level so that black/hispanic/indigenous girls/gays/whatevers aren't joining CS classes, looking around and thinking they don't belong there, but until that's reality all we can do is tackle it where it impacts people the most - hiring.

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Re:Meta's memo to employees rolling back DEI programs by ChocolateGod on Friday January 10, 2025 @10:42PM (#42663109)
> counteract systemic bias

What is the bias and causes it?

Because I don't think it's a systemic bias in the hiring system, so why not solve the problem rather than trying to patch the effect.

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Re:Meta's memo to employees rolling back DEI programs by ConspiracyFact on Friday January 10, 2025 @11:53PM (#42663400)
> Because one of them is systemically suppressing the others.

Prove it.

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Re:Meta's memo to employees rolling back DEI programs by Izkata on Saturday January 11, 2025 @02:20AM (#42664003)
> tbf this should all start at the education level so that black/hispanic/indigenous girls/gays/whatevers aren't joining CS classes, looking around and thinking they don't belong there

I never thought that. That part of me was irrelevant to the degree, and I found it great that no one cared and were able to focus on the degree.

Forcing diversity topics in and making them a focus instead would have been hell.

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