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White people don’t count towards diversity. White people are the status quo. White people don’t need to be represented in every situation. White people are over
by jbluepolarbear 5y ago
White people don’t count towards diversity. White people are the status quo. White people don’t need to be represented in every situation. White people are over represented in tech and seeing white people in the minority is refreshing. Would you have the same opinion if there were no people of color? Would you voice that concern?
- randomopining 5y agoThought you started out sarcastic, then realized you might not be sarcastic. Amazing that people went from "we need all colors represented in ads as best as possible" which was completely reasonable, to "maybe we don't need white people in ads at all sometimes, ok? maybe it's a good thing!" which is objectively an absurd stance.
- jbluepolarbear 5y agoWhat’s so absurd? Often people of color are left out, why not the reverse? Your view stinks of privilege.
- randomopining 5y agoSo when an ad has only whites, you would say: "why is this not representative of the people of this country!?" Then in this case I say: "why is this not representative of the people of this country!?" Your response, a smarmy "why not?" and personal attack. The failure can speak for itself.
- jbluepolarbear 5y agoYour racism is stinky
- randomopining 5y agoSuch a sophomoric response to call a nuanced opinion like mine "racist".
- ir123 5y agoI'm genuinely asking, are you insecure that white people might be left out for good or something? I don't get how some occasional over representation of minorities bothers people this much. It wouldn't bother me a bit if it happened in my country.
- randomopining 5y agoI'm not insecure about any of that. I'm just agreeing with the guy who sees this blatant hypocrisy and calls it out. It bothers a bit because it such an obvious thing, where they had to go through and find the exact people they wanted and you know that they purposely did it because it's "the thing" right now.
- krzyk 5y agoWhy do you think white people are over represented in tech (you forgot about Asians, which are there also)? Because they are interested in it. Just like some like math, others like sports. Why e.g. women are the majority of teachers (at least in my country)? They like to teach, are good with children. That's natural and you won't change that with ads that reverse the ethnic proportions in given country.
- ir123 5y agoAre you insinuating that certain races are "naturally" more inclined to be interested in math and tech?
- krzyk 5y agoNot races. Race is artificial construct to group certain visual characteristics. But if your parents are good at math, chances are high that you will also. Genetics play huge role here, for some learning e.g. math is harder than for others.
- jbluepolarbear 5y agoThis is a systemic way of thinking. “Oh, most of the people working in this industry is one thing, let’s isolate this group further and discourage others from joining”. That’s how you sound. Also, depending what on the source white people (in the US) account for between 60 to 70 percent of the tech work force.
- krzyk 5y agoWhy discourage? How? By doing what?
- jbluepolarbear 5y agoPlease research systemic racism in the tech industry. PoC have harder times getting interviews, getting a second interview, finding mentors, getting raises, getting promotions, etc. These all discourage non white people from entering the industry.