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If I understand the document correctly, she wants HR to be biased against hiring "privileged" people (I think that means white, possibly male too, not sure) and
by barrkel 6y ago
If I understand the document correctly, she wants HR to be biased against hiring "privileged" people (I think that means white, possibly male too, not sure) and wants to get politicians to force the company to report to create pressure for the same.
- riku_iki 6y agoIs considering gender and race as a factor during hiring process illegal, and thus those "dei okrs" to hire more women too?..
- anonvenger 6y agoa. Yes, but you can post 'women and minorities encouraged' job ads. b. No. People invested in identity politics are, by their own admission, interested in outcomes. In this world view, the legal system is a tool for achieving the desired outcomes. The same set of rules can be illegal if it rejects certain identities in a context, and at the same time legal if it promotes those identities in a different context. 'Heads I win, tails you lose', but dead serious. A thread discussing the pervasive 'women and minorities encouraged' mindset is in western academia: https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/95011/is-it-considered-normal-to-publish-job-offers-inviting-candidates-to-apply-based https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/95011/is-it-con...
- mlindner 6y agoYeah in this case it looks like Google made the 100% right choice. Engaging in racism and sexism should get you fired, no matter who's doing it.
- whymauri 6y agoI interpreted privilege from an HR perspective, i.e.: the privilege to dole out these mysterious HR/PR meetings.
- ipnon 6y agoWhich is literally illegal under US laws like the Civil Rights Act!