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The first Black-owned social job network built on blockchain launches Juneteenth

24 points by IncRnd 5y ago

joemazerino 5y ago
I never understood voluntary segregation. Wouldn't segregating job sites to race specific candidates lower the quantity of potential employment opportunities?
- deadite 5y ago
  >I never understood voluntary segregation. Read Malcolm X's autobiography and related works.
- austhrow743 5y ago
  If you have a poor background and reduce your world to only people with a similar background, your relative success compared to those you interact with rises.
giantandroids 5y ago
> We recognize you are attempting to access this website from a country belonging to the European Economic Area (EEA) including the EU which enforces the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and therefore access cannot be granted at this time. For any issues, contact helpdesk@johnsoncitypress.com or call 423-722-1330. So I guess being a black European is not going to work.
- Leparamour 5y ago
  This is just the news portal. The actual website is at https://blackdevhub.io/ https://blackdevhub.io/. Why blockchain technology would even be necessary for a job network platform, who knows?
  - ryanlol 5y ago
    > Why blockchain technology would even be necessary for a job network platform, who knows? Same reason that “black-owned” is
- xrstf 5y ago
  EU-friendly archive: https://archive.is/AL9cX https://archive.is/AL9cX
rank0 5y ago
These sorts of things seem so backwards to me. I believe it’s unethical to hire people on the basis of race. Somehow we’ve come full circle.
- redis_mlc 5y ago
  You're missing the point. The reason for CRT/segregation/intersectionalism in 2021 is to attack the existing power structure and recreate it for the benefit of Marxist leaders. The "problem" with desegregation and the nuclear/extended family is that Marxists don't get a cut. You can learn more by reading previous generations of the Red Guard, Red Terror, Maoism and Fascism, which are being copied wholesale from the history books. Your misunderstanding is caused by not being a good comrade.
  - redis_mlc 5y ago
    Downvoters: Can you explain why you're pro-Marxist? Tens of millions died in Russia and China because of Marxism. Why do you want that in the US?
- treeman79 5y ago
  Oh I’ve been asked to hire unqualified people because of race / sexuality etc a few time. Flat out refused, and was highly confused as to why I was being demonized for it. Apparently believing a person skin color / gender identity doesn’t matter and shouldn’t affect hiring is now a bad thing. Was real fun when I was told that refusing to be alone with a female after hours is now sexist. Umm, not a chance in hell.
  - Zababa 5y ago
    > Was real fun when I was told that refusing to be alone with a female after hours is now sexist. Wait what? I've always heard that as a male, if you're going to be alone with a female, it's always good to do things like keep the door open and things like that. Did they tell you the opposite? Isn't it pretty risky for females? > Flat out refused, and was highly confused as to why I was being demonized for it. Keyword is "colorblind racism". The new ideaology basically says that instead of focusing on the world as it should be (everyone is equal regardless of race/sex/etc) and act that way, we should look at how it is now and act to compensate (minorites are oppressed so we compensate, etc).
A_non_e-moose 5y ago
There are a few big techs out there with commitments to hire or have teams composed of x% black people. If that's a hard or large enough problem, solutions like that website naturally pop up. I wonder if in tech we're crossing the threshold between equality of opportunity and equality of outcome, how would we know? Or if people even think of that distinction.
- Leparamour 5y ago
  > Or if people even think of that distinction. Here in Germany both terms (equality and equity) are unfortunately used in a very motte-and-bailey-esque fashion.
- padastra 5y ago
  That's been crossed long ago...
_nub3 5y ago
More Buzzwords FTW ╮(︶▽︶)╭
- draw_down 5y ago
  No kidding
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wheresvic4 5y ago
Do you need to signup to find jobs? Because neither a simple "Java" nor a "Javascript" query returned anything (also tried using all lowercase).
xupybd 5y ago
Why blockchain? There must just be a simpler method of hosting a job board. Why decentralize? You could pay for a lot of cheap hosting for the cost of developing such a complex tool.
mattowen_uk 5y ago
So, if I created 'whitedevhub.io' and wrote the following: Together, we're changing the face of tech. Support White and European-American talent in tech on the first-ever White-owned social job network built on blockchain technology. I'd be flamed out of town for being racist. Now, as a non-American, I don't have the same viewpoint as Americans do, but surely the answer to the worlds racist problems is more integration not more segregation ?
- klyrs 5y ago
  The answer to "why is there such a diversity problem in tech" is always "it's a pipeline problem." But when folks try to directly address the pipeline problem, that's racism? What problem does your whites-only platform aim to solve?
  - atonse 5y ago
    The pipeline problem is a big one. What can we do to encourage more kids from (underrepresented in STEM) minorities to get into STEM careers?
  - tracedddd 5y ago
    The pipeline needs to be addressed way, way earlier (schools, community programs) than the point that we’re making black person only blockchains.
    - klyrs 5y ago
      Okay, but that sounds like socialism. Got any ideas that will work in today's political environment?
Ecstatify 5y ago
I manage serval women in tech in Europe and hint at them to apply to companies with diversity quotas (Our company is shit). Sometimes you have to play the game to get ahead in life. Most people are obsessed with fairness. Recruitment is luck anyways, so I do not see the issue with diversity quotas. Sure incompetent people will get hired but that’s life and happens anyways irrespective of diversity quotas.

24 points by IncRnd 5y ago

I never understood voluntary segregation. Wouldn't segregating job sites to race specific candidates lower the quantity of potential employment opportunities?

deadite 5y ago
>I never understood voluntary segregation. Read Malcolm X's autobiography and related works.
austhrow743 5y ago
If you have a poor background and reduce your world to only people with a similar background, your relative success compared to those you interact with rises.

giantandroids 5y ago

> We recognize you are attempting to access this website from a country belonging to the European Economic Area (EEA) including the EU which enforces the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and therefore access cannot be granted at this time. For any issues, contact helpdesk@johnsoncitypress.com or call 423-722-1330. So I guess being a black European is not going to work.

Leparamour 5y ago
This is just the news portal. The actual website is at https://blackdevhub.io/ https://blackdevhub.io/. Why blockchain technology would even be necessary for a job network platform, who knows?
- ryanlol 5y ago
  > Why blockchain technology would even be necessary for a job network platform, who knows? Same reason that “black-owned” is
xrstf 5y ago
EU-friendly archive: https://archive.is/AL9cX https://archive.is/AL9cX

rank0 5y ago

These sorts of things seem so backwards to me. I believe it’s unethical to hire people on the basis of race. Somehow we’ve come full circle.

redis_mlc 5y ago
You're missing the point. The reason for CRT/segregation/intersectionalism in 2021 is to attack the existing power structure and recreate it for the benefit of Marxist leaders. The "problem" with desegregation and the nuclear/extended family is that Marxists don't get a cut. You can learn more by reading previous generations of the Red Guard, Red Terror, Maoism and Fascism, which are being copied wholesale from the history books. Your misunderstanding is caused by not being a good comrade.
- redis_mlc 5y ago
  Downvoters: Can you explain why you're pro-Marxist? Tens of millions died in Russia and China because of Marxism. Why do you want that in the US?
treeman79 5y ago
Oh I’ve been asked to hire unqualified people because of race / sexuality etc a few time. Flat out refused, and was highly confused as to why I was being demonized for it. Apparently believing a person skin color / gender identity doesn’t matter and shouldn’t affect hiring is now a bad thing. Was real fun when I was told that refusing to be alone with a female after hours is now sexist. Umm, not a chance in hell.
- Zababa 5y ago
  > Was real fun when I was told that refusing to be alone with a female after hours is now sexist. Wait what? I've always heard that as a male, if you're going to be alone with a female, it's always good to do things like keep the door open and things like that. Did they tell you the opposite? Isn't it pretty risky for females? > Flat out refused, and was highly confused as to why I was being demonized for it. Keyword is "colorblind racism". The new ideaology basically says that instead of focusing on the world as it should be (everyone is equal regardless of race/sex/etc) and act that way, we should look at how it is now and act to compensate (minorites are oppressed so we compensate, etc).

A_non_e-moose 5y ago

There are a few big techs out there with commitments to hire or have teams composed of x% black people. If that's a hard or large enough problem, solutions like that website naturally pop up. I wonder if in tech we're crossing the threshold between equality of opportunity and equality of outcome, how would we know? Or if people even think of that distinction.

Leparamour 5y ago
> Or if people even think of that distinction. Here in Germany both terms (equality and equity) are unfortunately used in a very motte-and-bailey-esque fashion.
padastra 5y ago
That's been crossed long ago...

_nub3 5y ago

More Buzzwords FTW ╮(︶▽︶)╭

draw_down 5y ago
No kidding

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wheresvic4 5y ago

Do you need to signup to find jobs? Because neither a simple "Java" nor a "Javascript" query returned anything (also tried using all lowercase).

xupybd 5y ago

Why blockchain? There must just be a simpler method of hosting a job board. Why decentralize? You could pay for a lot of cheap hosting for the cost of developing such a complex tool.

mattowen_uk 5y ago

So, if I created 'whitedevhub.io' and wrote the following: Together, we're changing the face of tech. Support White and European-American talent in tech on the first-ever White-owned social job network built on blockchain technology. I'd be flamed out of town for being racist. Now, as a non-American, I don't have the same viewpoint as Americans do, but surely the answer to the worlds racist problems is more integration not more segregation ?

klyrs 5y ago
The answer to "why is there such a diversity problem in tech" is always "it's a pipeline problem." But when folks try to directly address the pipeline problem, that's racism? What problem does your whites-only platform aim to solve?
- atonse 5y ago
  The pipeline problem is a big one. What can we do to encourage more kids from (underrepresented in STEM) minorities to get into STEM careers?
- tracedddd 5y ago
  The pipeline needs to be addressed way, way earlier (schools, community programs) than the point that we’re making black person only blockchains.
  - klyrs 5y ago
    Okay, but that sounds like socialism. Got any ideas that will work in today's political environment?

Ecstatify 5y ago

I manage serval women in tech in Europe and hint at them to apply to companies with diversity quotas (Our company is shit). Sometimes you have to play the game to get ahead in life. Most people are obsessed with fairness. Recruitment is luck anyways, so I do not see the issue with diversity quotas. Sure incompetent people will get hired but that’s life and happens anyways irrespective of diversity quotas.