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> Internal memorandums insisting that diversity is a key company value, for example, is in fact anti-discriminatory... I'll disagree here. What counts as diver
by humanrebar 11y ago
> Internal memorandums insisting that diversity is a key company value, for example, is in fact anti-discriminatory...
I'll disagree here. What counts as diversity is fairly arbitrary. Choosing what counts as diverse is inherently discriminatory. Are veterans underrepresented? Are transpeople? Are people with irrelevant but chronic health issues? Do the age ranges of employees match the regional (neighborhood, city, province, national, international... yes it's impossible to do all at once) demographics?
And because people are diverse and unique, shops can definitely find a diverse group of people that talk, act, and think the same way. Does that still count as diversity?
- bmelton 11y agoVery fair point. As a slight point of clarification, let me amend my statement to this: > Internal memorandums insisting that diversity is a key company value, for example, is *legally considered" anti-discriminatory
- humanrebar 11y agoFair enough. If Indiana can declare pi to be 3.14, I guess another legal body can declare explicit preferences to be anti-discriminatory. Laws require power, not logic, to be enacted.