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Discriminating based on race is racist. End of story. This would never make it past your legal department.
by 67726e 10y ago
Discriminating based on race is racist. End of story. This would never make it past your legal department.
- guntars 10y agoYou say it like it's a bad thing. http://lesswrong.com/lw/e95/the_noncentral_fallacy_the_worst_argument_in_the/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/e95/the_noncentral_fallacy_the_worst...
- hawkice 10y agoLegal risk sounds like a bad thing. That being said, it doesn't put discrimination in the hiring process per se, only the referral process, which may not be protected by federal law. I am not a lawyer.
- cryptarch 10y agoUnless you subscribe to recent attempt at redefining the word to "racism|sexism = prejudice + power", which is coming from the... I'm not sure, I guess the identity politics/radfem corner. Whenever I try to really understand that culture or their opponents (MRA, r/KotakuInAcion etc.) I just end up feeling like both their sides are completely worthless endless rabbit holes and time sinks. Perhaps I just need a minor in Gender Studies to understand. I wish both sides could just cease to exist. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prejudice_plus_power https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prejudice_plus_power [1] http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Prejudice_plus_power http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Prejudice_plus_power
- DanBC 10y agoDepends where you are. It's possibly legal under English law. If you have two candidates who are equally suitable you're allowed to employ the one with a protected characteristic because of that protected characteristic.
- home_boi 10y agoit's already being done at many big companies. I believe that FB is one of the biggest offenders