Comment on Linus Tech Tips' Official Subreddit Bans Users For Condemning Racism
Tamei@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
There often is this idea of overcompensating for the inequalities experienced by one side in the past. While being a fundamentally plausible thought, this idea will never work because who is to decide and uphold the rules for that like when to stop it or how much to overcompensate. The more realistic and less patronizing approach is to always strive for a good world to live in by learning from the past and not trying to correct it.
kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
Capitalism makes this an ineffective strategy. It compounds the advantages held by the descendants of the historically powerful rather than eroding them.
shutz@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
And that’s why proactive DEI is necessary. Otherwise you end up with (for example) tech companies that continue to hire mostly nerdy guys because that’s what the interviewers relate with most comfortably, and reject female candidates because it’s harder for them to relate, even when the female in question is eminently qualified.
Tamei@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
This implies that empathy is the number one reason for employment across the board, I doubt that is true.
You will also end up with people obtaining jobs and never knowing whether they did because they were skilled and convincing or because of their DEI-relevant attributes, to which they will now even be reduced to by law.
Tamei@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Good point, but I stand by my statement, because the problem persists, even if there is a large potential to compensate.
kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
DEI and affirmative action aren’t perfect solutions, sure, but doing nothing and hoping the problem goes away is a response that is known to exacerbate the issue, not gradually solve it.
Tamei@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
When believing in Equality of Outcome, I think they are pretty sound solutions, aren’t they? But I for one am not.