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> when the diversity of a workforce does not match the diversity of its surroundings, that is a problem, because it suggests that people are being filtered out
by yucky 4y ago
> when the diversity of a workforce does not match the diversity of its surroundings, that is a problem, because it suggests that people are being filtered out for some reason other than their relevant abilities. Maybe that reason is systemic bias, or maybe it's direct bias on the part of the company. But somewhere in the process, there's an injustice taking place.
Is this true for the workforce in professional sports?
- kthejoker2 4y agoThe management or the players?
- yucky 4y agoBoth? I mean, that's not a gotcha if you meant it to be.
- makeitdouble 4y agoAsk the question in reverse: as an extreme, if you could set the rules and material conditions to participate, could you come up with a sport that will filter out most members of specific parts of the population ?
- yucky 4y agoWell anything that requires strength and speed will filter out all females, and most males. Which is what we see in professional sports that are open to all genders.
- decafninja 4y agoYou could argue a particular race is extremely underrepresented in professional basketball and American football. How many Asians do you see in the NBA or NFL? As an Asian myself, I have no problem admitting most Asian males simply don’t have the ideal physique to be competitive at the pro level at these sports. You might have extreme outliers like Yao Ming, but that’s exactly what he is - an extreme outlier. Far fewer - extremely fewer, Asian males are likely to have the ideal physique to be a NBA or NFL player than say, Whites or Blacks. Do I see a problem with this? Not at all.
- yucky 4y agoSo then why would we assume innate ability (physical or mental) isn't a cause elsewhere that we see unequal racial or gender representation?