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When a company only hires white, able-bodied males aged 25-35 (for example) from a larger population that is diverse across sex, race, ability, and age, but tho
by jasonpeacock 6y ago
When a company only hires white, able-bodied males aged 25-35 (for example) from a larger population that is diverse across sex, race, ability, and age, but those attributes have no correlation with job performance, then yes, there are problems - they're called sexism, racism, ableism, and ageism.
And companies in the US do have a duty, per anti-discrimination laws.
- RivasPT 6y agoDo you apply the same though for the NBA?
- happytoexplain 6y agoEven if, by asking this, you expose what you believe is hypocrisy on the part of the parent post, you'd still need to have an entire conversation to establish that the hiring practices of all companies should be the same as the hiring practices of the NBA. It would be much quicker to express your concerns directly, instead of simply pointing at other, barely related analogies.
- belltaco 6y agoMaybe read the comment again? >but those attributes have no correlation with job performance
- thu2111 6y agoBeing able to code is highly correlated with being male (or inversely, being male is correlated with being able to code). I think you mean causation rather than correlation? The correlated nature of these two attributes is a matter of statistical fact, it doesn't imply that women are worse than men at it.