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The problem is that if facebook decides that I am black, I will never be able to see facebook ads targeted towards white people, I will never know they exist, a

by tmh79 9y ago

The problem is that if facebook decides that I am black, I will never be able to see facebook ads targeted towards white people, I will never know they exist, and even if I want to see them, I will be unable to, thus I am excluded from them. BUT if I am black, I am able to buy a magazine targeted towards white people, peruse the classified ads, and apply to any jobs that interest me. The other issue is that political leanings are not a protected class. The bar for protected classes is, rightfully, set pretty high, to things that are usually out of one's control (race, age, sexual orientation, gender, etc). I think its entirely fine to segment these ads based on things that aren't protected, the problem is using age which is protected.

dizzystar 9y ago
I've worked with racists that didn't want me around, I can assure you that you are better off without them. There's nothing heroic about forcing pigs out of their slop. Job ads drop a lot of blatant hints about race, age, gender, religion, and so on. Instead of me wasting my time applying to a job I can't get, I'd rather not see them. Of course, if you are the crusading type, then please go all the way and get the lawyers on the offending company.
- slededit 9y ago
  Not everyone has the benefit of multiple potential jobs. Anti discrimination laws exist for those people.
banku_brougham 9y ago
This 1000x. I’m pretty frustrated by many of the posts here today, someone please post a github repo of “Understand the law in X minutes.” Specifically, it is so common to see evaluations of a reasonable hypothetical counter-example that holds together logically, with an implicit or explicit judgement of the outcome meant to discourage the reader from being too hasty in regarding this new outrage as such. There is no discussion of the reason such laws exist, or any appreciation of the gravity of breaking these laws, indeed little appreciation for what law is and how it is different from the most up-voted answer on stackoverflow. At a minimum, we should all have respect for the risk of legal jeopardy to ourselves in our professional work, as it is often not the executive or the corporate body that bears the punishment.

by tmh79 9y ago

dizzystar 9y ago

I've worked with racists that didn't want me around, I can assure you that you are better off without them. There's nothing heroic about forcing pigs out of their slop. Job ads drop a lot of blatant hints about race, age, gender, religion, and so on. Instead of me wasting my time applying to a job I can't get, I'd rather not see them. Of course, if you are the crusading type, then please go all the way and get the lawyers on the offending company.

slededit 9y ago
Not everyone has the benefit of multiple potential jobs. Anti discrimination laws exist for those people.

banku_brougham 9y ago

This 1000x. I’m pretty frustrated by many of the posts here today, someone please post a github repo of “Understand the law in X minutes.” Specifically, it is so common to see evaluations of a reasonable hypothetical counter-example that holds together logically, with an implicit or explicit judgement of the outcome meant to discourage the reader from being too hasty in regarding this new outrage as such. There is no discussion of the reason such laws exist, or any appreciation of the gravity of breaking these laws, indeed little appreciation for what law is and how it is different from the most up-voted answer on stackoverflow. At a minimum, we should all have respect for the risk of legal jeopardy to ourselves in our professional work, as it is often not the executive or the corporate body that bears the punishment.