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To clarify, are you saying that fighting systemic discrimination is a bad thing? From my perspective (as, for what it's worth, a cis white man), ensuring all m
by benwerd 3y ago
To clarify, are you saying that fighting systemic discrimination is a bad thing?
From my perspective (as, for what it's worth, a cis white man), ensuring all my colleagues have equity is a pretty strong win. I want my company to have the best working conditions possible. That means ensuring that the most talented people feel welcome there, regardless of their demographics. Which, in turn, means removing systemic ways that people from some demographics may not feel welcome or able to take those jobs. Where's the downside?
- oldtechworker 3y agoThe initiatives pushed in this article are themselves discriminatory. For example YouTube was sued because they were not hiring Asian or white men and fired someone for still interviewing them. That is discrimination, regardless of the goal, which was presumably to increase the amount of women or specific ethnicities. More diversity in tech is great sure, but not if it means racial and sexist discrimination.