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This is wrong. He was fired because he can't reliably review his peers if he thinks they are genetically inferior to him. Also, 10 page manifestos to your comp
by DiNovi 9y ago
This is wrong. He was fired because he can't reliably review his peers if he thinks they are genetically inferior to him.
Also, 10 page manifestos to your company are never good ideas.
has everyone forgotten Jerry McGuire?
- dijit 9y ago2 Things. 1) He never insinuated that anyone was biologically inferior just that there is marginal statistical proof that -on average- women prefer to work less hours, and more flexible hours; his "idea" was to promote a culture that adopted this, rather than using hiring quotas, in order to achieve the diversity goal which he also claims to wish for. That you claim he was calling people "inferior" only shows your own bias. 2) It's not a "Manifesto" that's what gizmodo called it but it was, at best, a memo, at worst, the first post on an internal forum thread hoping to discuss this matter.
- navait 9y agoHow is a 10 page treatise on something not a manifesto?
- SmirkingRevenge 9y agoI think the point is that "manifesto" is a term that is a bit loaded, as it conjures up images of things like the uni-bomber or serial killers, or some kinds of ideological militants, for a lot of people. Priming your audience with terms like "Anti-diversity screed" and "manifesto" all but guarantee a sizable portion of people will read the document with major prejudice and bias. And that's the kind of thing those of us who value diversity ought to loathe. We certainly need a whole lot more charity in our conversations on sensitive issues: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_charity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_charity
- navait 9y ago> think the point is that "manifesto" is a term that is a bit loaded [[Citation Needed]]
- davidivadavid 9y agoSo all treatises are manifestos? How about we call it an essay?
- ufmace 9y agoExcept he said multiple times in it that any genetic differences are population level trends that do not apply to individuals.
- anapaix 9y ago>He was fired because he can't reliably review his peers if he thinks they are genetically inferior to him. He literally said the exact opposite of this. Why are you purposefully misrepresenting his views? And if not purposefully, why are you then commenting on a story whose main source (the document) you haven't read?
- DiNovi 9y agoWait. I'm sorry. Are you saying someone who would write and share this can be trusted to control his own bias, because he said he could?
- leereeves 9y agoHe wrote the memo poorly but he tried to make it clear that he wasn't talking about individuals. He was offering a different explanation, based on group averages, of why the industry is unable to reach a 50/50 ratio of male/female engineers. And most of his arguments were based on interests, not abilities. That's very different from the way it's been mischaracterized as an argument that women are inferior.
- ImSkeptical 9y agoSuppose I think my female colleagues can't be trusted to review and respond to my work, because their explanation for demographic imbalances among engineers is that white heterosexual men are racist, sexist, and homophobic. How can I trust someone who suspects me of being every kind of bigot will treat me fairly?
- HumbleGamer 9y agoAnd minorities never have to worry about biases when they come in for a review, interview, etc.
- jshevek 9y agoDidn't github actually hire some diversity training people who projected a slide attacking white women?