Young White Dudes Are Decidedly Opting Out of the Whole ‘Job’ Thing

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Post by jstewartmobile » Mon, May 27, 2019, 4:28 PM UTC

ChristianBundy wrote: post #40

jstewartmobile wrote: post #6

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And for the downvoters: sorry, but discrimination is discrimination. Avocado toast boy never kept a woman under his thumb or made people use a different water fountain. Why should he be penalized for what someone else's grandparents did?

> Why should he be penalized for what someone else's grandparents did? I'm not convinced that you're asking in good faith, but I'm going to try to be optimistic and answer anyway. Most of us can agree that there are demographics who have been systematically disadvantaged and that we live in an economy where advantages are often passed from one generation to another. This cascading injustice is similar to a relay race…

Most people (self included) can barely figure out what "justice" is going back 10 minutes. That is why we have judges and juries--not as a solution, but as a mitigation.

And here you have it sorted out for generations! Ponder that very carefully.

Re: Young White Dudes Are Decidedly Opting Out of the Whole ‘Job’ Thing

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Post by wuschb » Wed, May 29, 2019, 9:03 AM UTC

salawat wrote: post #35

bradleyankrom wrote: post #4

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> When the boomers in HR bend over backwards to get more "women in X" and more "minorities in X", then "young white dudes" are going to take the hint and make their own arrangements. I, for one, am glad this isn't the 50s anymore. I have a feeling I wouldn't very much enjoy working with "young white dudes" who have contempt for diversity in the workplace.

Oh please. Spare the virtue signaling. There is nothing noble in pushing for equality of outcome. No problem of lack of diversity will be solved without dragging down or discriminating against some demographic of society without a full commitment to equality of opportunity. The myopia involved with being suckered into accepting discrimination against one group to the benefit of another being an acceptable approach de…

Is it a means to an end though? I believe diversity should NOT be measured in the amount of a minority succeeding, but when the measure of the poor is equal across all groups. When Poor black population = poor white population. Diversity problem solved. Before then, work to change systemic problems that cause more poor blacks than whites.

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