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It's less about lowering standards and more about artificially disqualifying thousands of qualified candidates based on their race.
by gundmc 2y ago
It's less about lowering standards and more about artificially disqualifying thousands of qualified candidates based on their race.
- garbagewoman 2y agoif people who have been historically quantifiably discriminated against and disqualified based on that discrimination, how can that imbalance be corrected?
- widowlark 2y agoBy helping to make them qualified to pass the tests.
- squigz 2y agoHow, exactly? Perhaps by encouraging schools to accept more people from those groups?
- widowlark 2y agomore isnt the problem. or its not the first problem. >predictions suggested only 3% of black applicants would pass. Thats not '3% of the applicants are black'. It's '3% of black applicants pass the test' Starting there alone would yield meaningful results - at the end of the day, you gotta pass the test. Changing the test so more people pass is illogical and dangerous.
- squigz 2y agoOkay, but... HOW do you enable more black people to pass the test?
- widowlark 2y agoYou offer more and better training for everyone. It's not the job of the organization itself to enable their success - just offer a fair test. Others, like the organization mentioned in this article, can and should focus on specific constituent representation. However, the goal of getting more of a specific group into an organization is NOT more important than the safety and efficacy of the organization.
- sneedle 2y ago[flagged]
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- drawkward 2y agoBut but but I was told that DEI lowered standards