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> A company is not there to solve stereotypes. That ties into the question if companies should have a responsibility to society or just be a vehicle to make mo
by sgift 8y ago
> A company is not there to solve stereotypes.
That ties into the question if companies should have a responsibility to society or just be a vehicle to make money. Opinions differ on this.
(Legality is another topic, but for the sake of this thread I propose to assume that this behavior is legal)
- rspeer 8y agoFor the sake of the thread, you could read the article or have some awareness of the topic instead of assuming. > “The ads themselves are illegal,” Galen Sherwin, an ACLU lawyer, said. “It’s been established for five decades.”
- sgift 8y agoFor the sake of the thread you could read the other comment threads and see that the "it is illegal" comment chain was already discussed. But then you'd have to use your brain and couldn't just try a "Hurty durty, you didn't read the article" snipe, right? And yes. People like you make me angry.
- PeterisP 8y ago"for the sake of this thread I propose to assume that this behavior is legal" - it's not, in USA it's illegal to discriminate genders and some other groups in certain types of advertising (jobs and IIRC housing).