Has blind always been this way? Russian trolls?
Diversity quota based on US demographic IS xenophobic.
It's not xenophobic, but it's wrong to have race/sex quotas, I give you that
It is. Why not? Otherwise they can comfortably set the quota according to world population and welcome immigrants.
"Russian trolls" is fake news you dumb libtard
Facebook employee taking about fake news, talk about irony
Yep I guess the FBI, CIA, the director of National intelligence Dan Coats are all wrong. Guess we should continue to follow FBs automated newsfeed
When one party is much more likely to start life at the 100 meter mark without much impediment and another is more likely to start life at the 400 meter mark with hurdles it makes sense imo. The fact that the runner at the 400 meter mark with hurdles can get within distance of the 100 meter runner is astounding in and of itself and is likely a stronger long term hire even if theyre not as "equipped" as the other runner. Situations are unlikely to play out this black and white in all scenarios but raw stats dont lie.
You are welcome to quit your job and give your position to a 400 meter person.
Anonymity makes bigots and sociopaths brave.
Blind is officially changing it's name to "Bridge". Because that's where all the trolls live. So tired of all the racist crap, I'm just here for the career insights.
I guess that solves the question, it has always been like this
Actually it really hasn’t ‘always been like this’ on Blind. I’d argue there are crazies and have been crazies on both sides of the aisle the last few years here on Blind - but it is getting worse the more and more folks join.
I'll give a serious answer here though: As a black engineering manager I can tell you that many people in silicon valley truly believe in concepts of racial or gender superiority, and feel threatened or attacked when told their path to engineering was easier than that of a woman or a minority. They don't think we have a diversity problem, they think that women and minorities just aren't good enough. Then, they like to point at folks like myself and either say: "see you made it with no help of a quota or affirmative action why can't more people do it instead of making excuses" Or "You're only here filling a quota you're not truly capable" In other words, many of the ones trolling are the ones unwilling to even acknowledge disparities in access to the prerequisites for an engineering or tech career - and want to mock and belittle those who try to fix them.
What access? Like you grew up in a poorer family than mine?
That sounds like diversity quotas are the problem. Not white people. It is completely logical to question the merit of anyone diverse if diversity quotas are put in place, since the quota by definition is giving a certain race a systematic advantage. If there were no quotas (read: no racist hiring policies), then nobody could ever question a candidate’s merit based on race. The liberal strategy to adjust the outcome of hiring based on race is instead giving factual credence to racial discrimination. This is a typical example of how diversity quotas spawn exactly the type of behavior they try to avoid. They do all harm and no good. They are racist policies. And your post comes off as unable to understand the cause and effect of your situation at large. You focus on race and give no attention to problems the racist hiring policies. The proportions of races in a certain workforce relative to the races of a certain population is not a simple concept to understand. There are many, many factors that contribute to the outcome. Geography, economics, culture, religion, and the list goes on. It is complete folly to assume the real reason a disparity of statistics is due to racial bias. Out of all complex and inter tangled reasons, you really think it’s a racism problem? I think this speaks volumes to the inability of liberals to understand the complexity of reality. It shows a supreme arrogance to think enacting totalitarian and racist hiring policies could possibly have a positive effect on our society.
Diversity is an obstacle to unity. That's why politics and the country are so fucked up these days. You have everyone fighting for their individual group. There are no shared values anymore because of world views that are not compatible with each other.
Basically all diversity has boiled down to is reparatory and biased towards outcome not opportunity. This is one place where all CEOs with dicks act like they have no balls and fall on their knees to suck whatever is in front of them blindly.
I’m pro diversity but anti quota. I think when we have an opportunity to pick diversity, we should as a tie breaker (Don’t bore me on gotcha questions on how to judge candidates equally). And diversity quota doesn’t mean merit bar is lowered. This is what causes so many sphincters to picker up. This fear and loathing that we are somehow lowering the bar if we decide to pick diversity. But yeah. I’ve seen a lot of nasty attitudes about this lately.
It’s anti diversity quotas. Not anti diversity. It’s equality of opportunity, not outcome. These are basic ideas I really would expect liberals to be able to think through and understand the differences therein on their own. But, they are forever conflated by liberals so liberals can shout “racist” without having to put in any effort for proper discourse. Even classic liberals, along with conservatives, think you guys are the racist ones. I think this speaks to a large divide where real communication is impossible.
Not taking about quotas, those are wrong in every aspect, sex/race quotas shouldn't exist in companies. There has been an influx of posts as against diversity, liberalism, sexism and some other controversial topics. Most get deleted in a few hours tho
Then what posts are you talking about. Because personally the only trolls I’ve seen are the wacko liberals making fun of Trump and his supporters, shouting racism and sexism, with no actual conversation.