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>It's time to return to meritocracy, colour-blind hiring and treating all employees as equally valuable. We can't return to a state we've never been in. Merit
by krapp 1y ago
>It's time to return to meritocracy, colour-blind hiring and treating all employees as equally valuable.
We can't return to a state we've never been in.
Meritocracy has never existed - wealth, status, privilege and connections have always mattered. Colorblind hiring has never existed - race has always been a factor, and all employees have never been equally valuable to all others.
So let's be honest about where we're going - back to the status quo under which there was nothing in place, even in theory, to counteract the systemic effects of racial bias in hiring.
- asyx 1y agoIn a meritocracy you need to have equal chances to show merit. I’m not American and I don’t give a damn about DEI. But talking about meritocracy in a country where schools get funding based on the property taxes of the school district is pathetic. Maybe DEI wasn’t the answer but at some point some people just need help to be on a fair and level playing field. I’m actually somewhat surprised that people see this as good. Like I said, maybe DEI wasn’t a good solution but seeing this as anything but a step back is just weird.