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Is it me or does this article feels like its left over from the last decade? That era feels over and I'm guessing those programs cost more money then they made

Is it me or does this article feels like its left over from the last decade? That era feels over and I'm guessing those programs cost more money then they made - they were bets in zirp era…

MrBuddyCasino 1y ago
They weren't bets, they were insurance policies against punitive damages after the Griggs v. Duke Power precedent. "Disparate Impact" now meant that unequal outcomes between ethnicities and sexes were to be interpreted as discrimination.
- aaronbaugher 1y ago
  Right. Some of us are old enough to remember Jesse Jackson's Rainbow/PUSH Coalition in the 90s[1]. One of the ways they attacked racism was to find a large corporation where the racial diversity of the employees didn't match that of the local community. They couldn't just sue the company yet then, so they would start a media campaign, promising boycotts and demonstrations, unless the corporation changed its ways. Many large corporations did, signing agreements with Jackson's organization promising to do better, and making a kind donation to the organization to help to continue the work. So even before disparate impact became a legal threat to corporations, executives were feeling the pressure to comply with whatever the current expectations were on the matter. [1] https://www.rainbowpush.org/push https://www.rainbowpush.org/push
- delichon 1y ago
  If a DEI program reaches equal outcomes and keeps going, to the point where it has positions held by >70% protected class employees, and has a goal of changing that to be >90%, then their mission would seem to be about something other than equality. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gq7le0-XAAANHXX?format=png&name=medium https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gq7le0-XAAANHXX?format=png&name=...
  - MrBuddyCasino 1y ago
    True. I don’t think HN is „ready for that conversation“.
- boringg 1y ago
  Fair -- insurance instead of bet is probably a more realistic way to frame it. I like the optimistic approach that it was a bet on it ushering a lot of collective upside for all parties involved.

Is it me or does this article feels like its left over from the last decade? That era feels over and I'm guessing those programs cost more money then they made - they were bets in zirp era…

MrBuddyCasino 1y ago

They weren't bets, they were insurance policies against punitive damages after the Griggs v. Duke Power precedent. "Disparate Impact" now meant that unequal outcomes between ethnicities and sexes were to be interpreted as discrimination.

aaronbaugher 1y ago
Right. Some of us are old enough to remember Jesse Jackson's Rainbow/PUSH Coalition in the 90s[1]. One of the ways they attacked racism was to find a large corporation where the racial diversity of the employees didn't match that of the local community. They couldn't just sue the company yet then, so they would start a media campaign, promising boycotts and demonstrations, unless the corporation changed its ways. Many large corporations did, signing agreements with Jackson's organization promising to do better, and making a kind donation to the organization to help to continue the work. So even before disparate impact became a legal threat to corporations, executives were feeling the pressure to comply with whatever the current expectations were on the matter. [1] https://www.rainbowpush.org/push https://www.rainbowpush.org/push
delichon 1y ago
If a DEI program reaches equal outcomes and keeps going, to the point where it has positions held by >70% protected class employees, and has a goal of changing that to be >90%, then their mission would seem to be about something other than equality. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gq7le0-XAAANHXX?format=png&name=medium https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gq7le0-XAAANHXX?format=png&name=...
- MrBuddyCasino 1y ago
  True. I don’t think HN is „ready for that conversation“.
boringg 1y ago
Fair -- insurance instead of bet is probably a more realistic way to frame it. I like the optimistic approach that it was a bet on it ushering a lot of collective upside for all parties involved.