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This article is so laughably transparent. None of those people care about diversity or inclusivity, they want more for themselves and found a trick to get it.

This article is so laughably transparent. None of those people care about diversity or inclusivity, they want more for themselves and found a trick to get it. Surprisingly they don't seem to mind that in my UK team of 15 people we only have two British citizens (I am not one of them myself) and 11 people of color, while White British represent 75% of the population of the UK. DEI is an absolute cancer for society.

spoiler 4y ago
I'm not sure how anecdotal this is, but I've probably interviewed at least 50+ candidates at companies I worked at before, and IIRC only one of them was black. It's not like my previous companies didn't want to hire people of colour, but there just weren't any around? The only black dev I know personally is my ex, and he was the only black person on his old team (of devs I mean, there were other black people at his company; it was a big media company) and is the only black dev at the new company he's at. So, these programmes seem to artificially increase the number of PoC in the industry by having a few large companies have diversity programmes, without actually affecting their market share (for a lack of better word) in the industry itself? Is this just the wrong way of thinking about it?
spoiler 4y ago
The irony is that DEIs prioritising one group over all others is inherently racist, IMO. Also, it probably creates contempt among the discriminated groups, as the system is unjust towards them. Ie, there's no longer an equal equal opportunity at landing the job, since one side has an unfair advantage. So, instead of bringing people together, these forced quotas just push people more apart. I do understand that until 20 years ago black people probably had less chances to land these jobs due being disadvantaged by educational systems, but I think that's kinda behind us since universities also prioritised PoC admissions for a while now. I'm lucky to not have been affected by this personally, and don't know many who have. So, maybe it's irrational to think they discriminate against other groups (because it's difficult to find people to fill diversity roles in the first place). I don't know. It's a very complicated world we created for ourselves.

spoiler 4y ago

I'm not sure how anecdotal this is, but I've probably interviewed at least 50+ candidates at companies I worked at before, and IIRC only one of them was black. It's not like my previous companies didn't want to hire people of colour, but there just weren't any around? The only black dev I know personally is my ex, and he was the only black person on his old team (of devs I mean, there were other black people at his company; it was a big media company) and is the only black dev at the new company he's at. So, these programmes seem to artificially increase the number of PoC in the industry by having a few large companies have diversity programmes, without actually affecting their market share (for a lack of better word) in the industry itself? Is this just the wrong way of thinking about it?

spoiler 4y ago

The irony is that DEIs prioritising one group over all others is inherently racist, IMO. Also, it probably creates contempt among the discriminated groups, as the system is unjust towards them. Ie, there's no longer an equal equal opportunity at landing the job, since one side has an unfair advantage. So, instead of bringing people together, these forced quotas just push people more apart. I do understand that until 20 years ago black people probably had less chances to land these jobs due being disadvantaged by educational systems, but I think that's kinda behind us since universities also prioritised PoC admissions for a while now. I'm lucky to not have been affected by this personally, and don't know many who have. So, maybe it's irrational to think they discriminate against other groups (because it's difficult to find people to fill diversity roles in the first place). I don't know. It's a very complicated world we created for ourselves.