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This article would be fine if it didn't go out of it's way to straw-man the approach taken by what it calls "leftist consultants".

• Jensson 5y ago
  There is no evidence that what those consultants do actually helps. They are there so the company can check a box, not to reduce racism. Edit: HBR wrote about it here (fixed link to right article): https://hbr.org/2016/07/why-diversity-programs-fail https://hbr.org/2016/07/why-diversity-programs-fail
  • trabant00 5y ago
    Even worse problem is that they need to create the demand for their services first, and in doing so they create further divide.
  • pwinnski 5y ago
    I agree that the evidence suggests these programs are useless, or close to it. That's not what the Reason writer said though. Instead he produced a strawman stereotype and dismissed them in a way that if I hadn't seen the University of Toronto study already, I would have interpreted as bad-faith subtle racism on the writer's part. Heck, it might still be, but I'll be gracious and assume he just forgot to mention the basis for his obvious animus.