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Year after BLM protests, S&P 100 added 323K jobs – 94% went to people of color

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Re: Year after BLM protests, S&P 100 added 323K jobs – 94% went to people of color

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Post by two_in_one »

cedws wrote: post #10

Seems like we're going backwards... I thought we're supposed to be hiring the best people for the job, not based on skin colour. The people who are supposedly anti-racism are encouraging racism.

These days of woke domination 'racism' is only white. NY Times even argued that 'kill white farmers' is not a racism at all, it shouldn't be taken literally.

Brainwashed ChatGPT has difficulties discussing black racism. Even if it exists it's not nearly as bad as white.

Just ask 'anti-racists' about it and you'll see who they really are.

Re: Year after BLM protests, S&P 100 added 323K jobs – 94% went to people of color

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Post by Paul-Craft »

Khelavaster wrote: post #16
Paul-Craft wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They're pretty clear about it in the text; it's just the headline that's misleading: > The overall job growth included 20,524 White workers. The other 302,570 jobs — or 94% of the headcount increase — went to people of color. "Overall job growth" and "headcount increase" imply "net jobs added."

They're not saying only 20,524 white workers were hired.

No, they're not. They're saying 20,524 more white people were employed at the end of the period than at the beginning. That is what a plain language reading of the text says. I don't know what you're trying to imply here.

Re: Year after BLM protests, S&P 100 added 323K jobs – 94% went to people of color

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Post by kr0bat »

SenAnder wrote: post #19
kelseyfrog wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm curious. What are the steps?

In no particular order, the steps so far were: Affirmative action. Whatever this is. Using federal housing aid to break up homogeneous communities [1,2]. Diversity pledges as an ideological litmus test for hiring [3,4,5,6]. Mandatory white privilege training for teachers [7]. Government and business openly planning how to make a state less white [8]. The Paper of Record putting race in the article title when it makes…

"Breaking up homogeneous communities?" What a torturous way to describe desegregation.

Re: Year after BLM protests, S&P 100 added 323K jobs – 94% went to people of color

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Post by SenAnder »

kr0bat wrote: post #23
SenAnder wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In no particular order, the steps so far were: Affirmative action. Whatever this is. Using federal housing aid to break up homogeneous communities [1,2]. Diversity pledges as an ideological litmus test for hiring [3,4,5,6]. Mandatory white privilege training for teachers [7]. Government and business openly planning how to make a state less white [8]. The Paper of Record putting race in the article title when it makes…

"Breaking up homogeneous communities?" What a torturous way to describe desegregation.

You've expanded the meaning of 'segregation' considerably, to apply to individual residence choices and freedom of association. Choose wrong, and the government will correct your choice.

Re: Year after BLM protests, S&P 100 added 323K jobs – 94% went to people of color

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Post by cherry_tree »

SenAnder wrote: post #24
kr0bat wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Breaking up homogeneous communities?" What a torturous way to describe desegregation.

You've expanded the meaning of 'segregation' considerably, to apply to individual residence choices and freedom of association. Choose wrong, and the government will correct your choice.

From your first link:

> “four councillors – a majority – refused to vote to uphold the law, consistently opposing any limited desegregation.”

Re: Year after BLM protests, S&P 100 added 323K jobs – 94% went to people of color

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Post by kelseyfrog »

SenAnder wrote: post #19
kelseyfrog wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm curious. What are the steps?

In no particular order, the steps so far were: Affirmative action. Whatever this is. Using federal housing aid to break up homogeneous communities [1,2]. Diversity pledges as an ideological litmus test for hiring [3,4,5,6]. Mandatory white privilege training for teachers [7]. Government and business openly planning how to make a state less white [8]. The Paper of Record putting race in the article title when it makes…

What should the steps be instead?

Re: Year after BLM protests, S&P 100 added 323K jobs – 94% went to people of color

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Post by SenAnder »

cherry_tree wrote: post #25
SenAnder wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You've expanded the meaning of 'segregation' considerably, to apply to individual residence choices and freedom of association. Choose wrong, and the government will correct your choice.

From your first link: > “four councillors – a majority – refused to vote to uphold the law, consistently opposing any limited desegregation.”

four councillors – a majority – refused to vote to uphold the law, consistently opposing any limited desegregation. For refusing to follow the court order, the city of Yonkers was crippled by heavy, possibly bankrupting fines [..] Basic services stopped and parks and libraries were shuttered [..] Wasicsko was forced to comply. [i.e. the housing was built such that it broke up white neighborhoods]

It should be noted that this ruling creating a precedent that all pubic housing had to follow, and was not the only such ruling [1] or executive order to that effect, as my 2nd link [2] from that post shows. A few more publications reporting on it, if you don't trust the NYPost: [3,4,5,6]

[1] The lawsuit was finally resolved with a verdict mandating that the Chicago Housing Authority redistribute public housing into non-black neighborhoods. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsidized_housing_in_the_Unit...

[2] https://nypost.com/2016/05/08/obamas-last-act-is-to-force-su...

[3] https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/obama-administration-an...

[4] https://www.today.com/tmrw/what-obama-biden-affh-rule-why-di...

[5] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-13/biden-to-...

[6] https://www.investors.com/politics/policy-analysis/obama-hud...

Re: Year after BLM protests, S&P 100 added 323K jobs – 94% went to people of color

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Post by Geekette »

"In 2021, Hispanic, Asian and Black people made up a vast majority of the added workers — a trend that, analysts say, is necessary to overcome their historic underrepresentation. ... The biggest shifts happened in less-senior job categories.

... White people still hold a disproportionate share of the top, highly paid jobs in the US at S&P 100 companies. But the share of executive, managerial and professional roles held by people of color increased by about 2 percentage points compared with 2020

... In 2021, companies were hiring lots of people while prioritizing diversity. Many have since cut jobs amid an economic slowdown just as a backlash to corporate diversity efforts grows."

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