4 ms·
You can't have a representative group without diversity of gender and race. They may not be sufficient, but they are necessary precursors. Additionally, of cou
by roguecoder 9y ago
You can't have a representative group without diversity of gender and race. They may not be sufficient, but they are necessary precursors.
Additionally, of course, a system that even implicitly excludes people on the basis of gender or race is inherently unjust, whereas experience can reasonably be a requirement for a particular position when it results in necessary skills.
- jasode 9y ago>You can't have a representative group without diversity of gender and race. I think devmunchies' point is that if you have a finite set of job positions... e.g. 3 jobs, you might have the following situations: Group 1: 1) white man (Democrat Stanford grad) 2) white woman (Democrat Stanford grad) 3) black man (Democrat Stanford grad) Group 2: 1) white man (Democrat Stanford grad) 3) white man (Libertarian Kansas kid self-taught) 2) white man (South Africa bootcamp grad) Depending on what's important, Group 2 would be seen as "more diverse and representative" even though the skin color is all the same. In that case, diversity of thought is valued more than diversity of skin color.