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0 pointsyucky3y ago0 comments

>They mention an increase of from 3% to 5% of membership of senior black leaders.

So now instead of those 3% being seen as having earned their position, all 5% will be seen as having been given an unfair advantage. So now it's not only unfair to the people excluded based on skin color but it's unfair to those who benefitted strictly because of the perception they now have to deal with as having not really earned their position the same as everyone else. It puts them on equal footing with the bosses nephew, who nobody respects.

It's 2022 - maybe we can stop trying to defend race-based favoritism and discrimination?

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topaz03y ago

> all 5% will be seen as having been given an unfair advantage.

Only by the kinds of people who tend to assume the worst about Black people.

LawTalkingGuy3y ago

We're simultaneously being told that the pipeline doesn't contain enough minorities and that catching more fish from a smaller pond isn't going to impact the average size of those fish.

I know one megacorp that achieved its diversity by paying above-market for those workers and poaching very qualified people. That's expensive and zero-sum, exacerbating the situation elsewhere, but at least their employees knew diversity didn't mean unqualified.

yuckyOP3y ago

It has nothing to with the people who were given an unfair advantage based on skin color, it is the fact that skin color is used to give a preference that invalidates accomplishments.

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