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I can't stand the notion that a group consisting of white men is automatically not diverse. It implies that people who belong to the same race or gender all beh

I can't stand the notion that a group consisting of white men is automatically not diverse. It implies that people who belong to the same race or gender all behave similarly. Also for some reason the "importance" of diversity seems to only go one way. I only hear "there are too many white people, this group needs more PoC". I have never in my life heard "there are too many PoC, you need more white people".

ivraatiems 6y ago
> I have never in my life heard "there are too many PoC, you need more white people". You've been fortunate to never experience that kind of direct racism - but people rarely say it directly like that. It's more in who is chosen to be hired, and what kinds of "culture" and "fit" criteria are applied to candidates. > I can't stand the notion that a group consisting of white men is automatically not diverse. Like the consultant in the parent's post pointed out, there are lots of different kinds of diversity, and race is one of them. It's not wrong to say "this group of all white men is not diverse in terms of racial or gender identity" - and it sounds like that's what was being said? > Also for some reason the "importance" of diversity seems to only go one way. It only goes one way because white men are already represented proportionately or disproportinately. If the goal is representation of different groups and people's voices, hiring more white men won't do it. Unless your company is majority-POC?