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It's interesting to me how trendy "diversity" is these days, and it's always in the context of race. It's interesting how we don't ever think of diversity in t
by 65 5y ago
It's interesting to me how trendy "diversity" is these days, and it's always in the context of race.
It's interesting how we don't ever think of diversity in terms of class, wealth, disability, etc. An Ivy League educated black person and an Ivy League educated white person are far more similar than a poor white person and a rich white person.
And yet, it seems as though we don't really care about hiring people from poorer backgrounds, maybe without college degrees, etc.
Besides, complaining about diversity in a place where there's just demographically not going to be that many minorities is a bit unnecessary. If your company is based in Duluth, Minnesota, which is 90% white, campaigning for a racially diverse company just seems kind of futile.
- aaomidi 5y agoDiversity is always thought about in the contexts you mentioned. If you've had experiences that they haven't been, then those companies have fucked up D&I. Anyway, good thing remote work exists. And not opening up to remote work already says a lot about inclusion in the company. So a company in Duluth wouldn't really have an excuse for having an all ablebodied, neurotypical, white straight men workforce.
- evv555 5y ago>And yet, it seems as though we don't really care about hiring people from poorer backgrounds, maybe without college degrees, etc. That's why these narratives are so attractive to the already rich and privileged. It deflects fault/polarization from their own classism. It's not your rich parents that are the benefactors and perpetrators of socially corrosive capitalism. It's some amorphous "whiteness" that is usually a proxy for poor white people.
- rrrrrrrrrrrryan 5y ago> complaining about diversity in a place where there's just demographically not going to be that many minorities is a bit unnecessary In the software industry, I suspect sexism and ageism are far more rampant than sexism, and women and older people are everywhere.
- rrrrrrrrrrrryan 5y ago*than racism
- q1w2 5y agoWhat's particularly troubling is that the greatest value in diversity, comes from the diversity of perspectives, experiences, and ideas. That kind of diversity has so many roots, that recruiting by race alone actually reduces intellectual diversity. Modern HR diversity programs are more about virtue signaling and conformity - not diversity.