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Why not just let them hire whoever they want? I'm seriously tired of people sticking their noses into everything.
by apk-d 9y ago
Why not just let them hire whoever they want? I'm seriously tired of people sticking their noses into everything.
- david38 9y agoThere are hundreds of books and policy documents detailing why. This is an utterly stupid question.
- jazoom 9y agoWhy be so rude?
- vacri 9y agoBecause with even the tiniest of thought, it's clear that basically means that you can be openly racist when hiring. "No niggers or irish need apply".
- apk-d 9y agoYet it's considered perfectly PC to create companies that hire exclusively women or organize black-only university events. Similarly, Infosys hired a large amount of minority group workers. Whether this is racist or empowering is a matter of opinion. (And in reality, it's merely a business model).
- vacri 9y agoCompanies that hire exclusively women are not 'perfectly PC'. That's a canard thrown in as a strawman.
- ominous 9y agoThis post has 5 comments. (mine is the sixth). When you placed your comment, did you think it fair for the rest of the population to try and take control of 1/5 of the opinion expressed on this website? Do you speak for 1/5 of the internet population? OR, crazy idea: let the comment content speak for itself, without thinking about quotas.
- vacri 9y agoYes, david38 patiently waited for the right number of replies before pasting his own, just so the proportions would be right. /s For someone complaining about shoehorning words into others' mouths, you're doing a gnarly job of it yourself.
- apk-d 9y agoThere's hundreds of books on any topic, but it's hardly a reason to stop all discussion. If you're not interested in providing any valuable insight then I kindly suggest you refrain from posting. My question wasn't rhetorical.
- tpeo 9y agoIt cannot be a stupid question if there are hundreds of books on it. I know what you mean, but that's no way to get your opinion across.
- tonyedgecombe 9y agoBecause racism is a real problem that has a significant impact on it's victims for no good reason.
- fabatka 9y agoThe fact that it is a problem doesn't mean that this is the solution for it. I think quotas are just symptomatic treatment instead of treating the cause. Couldn't the market take care of racism? Nowadays if a company is dumb enough to make blatantly racist things, the social media makes sure that people know this, and not racist people will think twice when dealing with that particular company. However, if racism is hidden behind internal processes, e.g. they don't openly reject minorities, just set the bar higher for them when hiring, it can be really hard to unveil the misconduct.
- tonyedgecombe 9y agoNo because comments like "I'm seriously tired of people sticking their noses into everything" are really about letting the current situation become the status quo. It's really an underhand way of saying "If I want to have a racist employment policy that's none of your business". Expecting the market to solve these problems is naive, it just won't happen except in a few high profile cases.
- apk-d 9y agoMarket-based solutions? Nonsense! Let's all just accuse and shun and sue each other into oblivion, because that's a healthy way for a society to function.
- JumpCrisscross 9y ago> Why not just let them hire whoever they want? Consider a sole proprietor. It's detrimental to society if she refuses to hire black people. It causes social tension, an underutilisation of labour and is just plain racist. Now consider an investor-owned company. We don't want managers hiring their friends and family over qualified candidates. It wastes capital, promotes inequality and impairs labour utilisation. (It also messes with education incentives). All that makes raising money harder for everyone which, in turn, makes the economy less effective. TL; DR Employers being racist hurts other people. Hence, we regulate it.
- drngdds 9y agoBecause hiring discrimination is bad. No one should be shut out of a job because of their race. It's also illegal in the US.
- r4ally 9y agow.r.t. "hiring discrimination is bad ... it's also illegal in the US". Discrimination is not illegal in the US. In fact, it is the basis of every hiring decision and every interview. However, in the US, there is a list of criteria which the government has made illegal to take into account in hiring decisions. For anything not on the list you are free to discriminate (intelligence discrimination, ivy league education discrimination, culture fit discrimination, etc...).