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What Red hat is doing is described in the article: > The conservative legal group said Red Hat announced DEI goals that involved “quotas”, aiming “to remake it
by Manuel_D 2y ago
What Red hat is doing is described in the article:
> The conservative legal group said Red Hat announced DEI goals that involved “quotas”, aiming “to remake its workforce demographic, seeking to reach 30% women globally and 30% associates of color in the United States by 2028.”
> Miller’s group cited video footage of IBM’s CEO Arvind Krishna and Red Hat CEO Paul Cormier discussing diversity. Krishna says in the video that corporate executives’ bonuses can be affected if they don’t meet DEI goals.
The video reference is this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q53zscZdtdA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q53zscZdtdA
Notably, the CEO explicitly states that "people of color" does not include Asians. It's very likely that the 30% quota exceeds the representation of "people of color" in the workforce. Remember, quotas and caps are two sides of the same coin. "Reach at least 30% women" is the same as saying "reduce men* to below 70%". And in a field where men make up 80% of the workforce, that's unambiguously disadvantaging men.
* and nonbinary to be pedantic
- cozzyd 2y agoThat is not very much detailed information at all (and also contradictory... goals!=quotas).
- Manuel_D 2y agoIt details not only the specific percentage quotas, but also the negative consequences for failure to meet the quotas. I also contest the notion that goals are distinct from quotas. If your company says, "meet our goal of hiring X% women or we'll dock your pay" that's not a quota? Goals and quotas are not mutually exclusive. What's the difference between, "our hiring goal is X% women" and "our hiring quota is X% women"? Some say that a quota necessarily requires a negative consequence for failure to meet the quota. But if your failure to meet the percentage "goal" results in a negative consequence like docked pay - which is what IBM is doing - then the goal is indistinguishable from the quota.