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I put together some more concrete examples here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42945302 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42945302 None of them are “p
by scott_w 2y ago
I put together some more concrete examples here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42945302 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42945302
None of them are “programs that discriminate against qualified applicants.”
- janalsncm 2y agoThis works if your demand is small enough. In the case of the FAA they are hiring thousands of ATCs. The fundamental issue is that due to upstream inequalities (e.g. worse schools) there are downstream inequalities you can’t smooth out. There are literally fewer black people who know how to read or have graduated high school. So the correct solution is to concentrate resources upstream.
- scott_w 2y agoWhile I don’t disagree, we should remember a few things: Diversity isn’t just about skin colour. Getting more women in expands opportunities for women, who still suffer pay gaps, and this would help close that. Even black people who do have enough education suffer discrimination (conscious or not), so working to improve things is a net good. That’s not to say the FAA did the right thing (it appears not) but it’s important to not just throw our hands up and keep saying it’s someone else’s problem!