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Age is somewhat prioritized in practice. Why do you think political diversity would be similarly prioritized? There's a moral argument that comes into play wit
by joshuamorton 5y ago
Age is somewhat prioritized in practice. Why do you think political diversity would be similarly prioritized?
There's a moral argument that comes into play with politics that doesn't for age or race. There's nothing even abstractly morally problematic about making your product appeal to women or old people or whomever. There may be reasons to avoid marketing or aligning your product to, say, people whose political views you disagree with.
- fighterpilot 5y agoWe're not talking about products aimed at a particular demographic. We're talking about products with customers from diverse demographic backgrounds, where the argument is put that we should then have a diverse team so as to ensure we are serving that product competently to the diverse customer base. My point is that this can't be the real reason for D and I initiatives, since if it was, there would be a similarly strong push to have equal political and age representation in order to reflect the reality of these products' customer demographics.