I think the ideology of diversity, equity, and inclusion is progressive nonsense, but I agree with pretty much everything else. I don’t care what your race or gender is. I care that you’re the most qualified for the job. A black, gay doctor can do my prostate exam - I don’t care at all - I just want them to be good at their job.
DEI is just racial discrimination in reverse. We discriminate against white people as a group to help minorities. The problem is that loads of white people need help just as much as minorities. Saying that minorities need it more because other white people have been successful in the past is still you racially discriminating against a new prospective student/employee because they happen to share the same race as those previous people. It has nothing to do with that person’s level of need versus a minority individual’s level of need.
I cannot think like a black man or woman, I cannot experience discrimination and hate directed at LGBTQ+ people, I will never understand what it feels like to be a woman sitting in a room with multiple male managers doing a performance review.
While I agree best person for the job, these perspectives I cannot possible put myself into are part of that best person. So maybe they cant screw a nut as fast, they can help me understand why we need to do it this way from their perspective, which is a perspective I dont have without them.
I think you have an issue of theory vs action. In theory, I can understand why some people view DEI or even affirmative action as “racism in reverse” but we live in the real world. The action of these policies make a more just world. A less racist world. I know it may sound counter intuitive, but so is the tolerance of the intolerant.
One thing I should add here is that there’s often no one person who’s “best for the job”. Different people have different strengths in ways that often don’t directly compare. The idea that we can stack-rank candidates of similar knowledge and experience is misguided at best.
I think the ideology of diversity, equity, and inclusion is progressive nonsense, but I agree with pretty much everything else. I don’t care what your race or gender is. I care that you’re the most qualified for the job. A black, gay doctor can do my prostate exam - I don’t care at all - I just want them to be good at their job.
DEI is just racial discrimination in reverse. We discriminate against white people as a group to help minorities. The problem is that loads of white people need help just as much as minorities. Saying that minorities need it more because other white people have been successful in the past is still you racially discriminating against a new prospective student/employee because they happen to share the same race as those previous people. It has nothing to do with that person’s level of need versus a minority individual’s level of need.
I cannot think like a black man or woman, I cannot experience discrimination and hate directed at LGBTQ+ people, I will never understand what it feels like to be a woman sitting in a room with multiple male managers doing a performance review.
While I agree best person for the job, these perspectives I cannot possible put myself into are part of that best person. So maybe they cant screw a nut as fast, they can help me understand why we need to do it this way from their perspective, which is a perspective I dont have without them.
I think you have an issue of theory vs action. In theory, I can understand why some people view DEI or even affirmative action as “racism in reverse” but we live in the real world. The action of these policies make a more just world. A less racist world. I know it may sound counter intuitive, but so is the tolerance of the intolerant.
Oh hey! I just went to some trouble to explain something similar for you and everyone else in some depth last night…
One thing I should add here is that there’s often no one person who’s “best for the job”. Different people have different strengths in ways that often don’t directly compare. The idea that we can stack-rank candidates of similar knowledge and experience is misguided at best.