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You may have missed the memo, but according to new wave feminism, the word "meritocracy" represents discrimination because you don't give special treatment to p
by josteink 11y ago
You may have missed the memo, but according to new wave feminism, the word "meritocracy" represents discrimination because you don't give special treatment to people based on sex, ethnicity etc.
I'm not kidding, and Github had adopted this view as well. [1]
Among many, this CoC is seen as a continuation of this largely feminist agenda. And we don't think it belong here. Open source I'd apolitical, meaning you can avoid political issues entirely in a good and neutral environment.
Why work so hard to make it political? For what gains?
[1] http://readwrite.com/2014/01/24/github-meritocracy-rug http://readwrite.com/2014/01/24/github-meritocracy-rug
- DanBC 11y agoMeritocracy is sexist because it's bullshit. We know it's bullshit from the resumé experiments or the blinded orchestra auditions etc.
- josteink 11y agoSo your argument is that because it's hard (impossible?) to achieve a true meritocracy the term and goal itself is "bullshit" and should be dismissed? Should we apply the same standards to other common things? Equality? Democracy? Justice? See how that works? Yeah, it doesn't. Your argument is a non-argument.
- DanBC 11y agoNo, my argument is that people who claim to be operating a meritocracy need to be aware of a bunch of biases or they risk being sexist[1] whilst also dismissing any accusations of sexism. [1] etc
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