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I totally agree with the premise of the article. If the problem is that unconscious bias makes a specific demographic under-represented in an area, industry, a
by mfoy_ 9y ago
I totally agree with the premise of the article.
If the problem is that unconscious bias makes a specific demographic under-represented in an area, industry, award, etc.. then how does making a target-demographic-specific area, quota, award, etc. solve that problem?
It just further exacerbates, or even serves to justify, the original bias-- you can continue to perpetuate the original discrimination on the grounds that there is a specific pool, quota, or designated award for "those people".
These policies strike me as really shitty band-aid solutions that treat the symptoms, not the causes, and-- if anything-- delay the wound from closing.
- jd75 9y agoThe policies are better than nothing, because you meet people facing the same biases you do and realize you aren't a lunatic weirdo. But in my utopia, everyone takes the implicit associations tests, has the courage to take in the parts that make them feel bad about themselves, and starts working on those things. https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/selectatest.html https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/selectatest.html