You’re ok with discrimination as long as it’s against white people. Asians are probably the most negatively impacted group.
This is also a problem in private firms as well, many VC stipulate DEI. In October I was essentially forced to hire a much less qualified female applicant over a very qualified male applicant. It was a critical timeframe and we had to hire in a hurry, and the internal ratings scorecard that values things like race and gender over actual merit indicated that she came out ahead. We also had to meet a quota for females in outside sales roles. So she gets the job and 3 months later is on a PIP while the other guy went to a competitor and is kicking our ass in that geography. This has resounding ramifications to me as an equity shareholder and someone whose job is evaluated by performance of the people I hire.
Sometimes I wonder how someone who was reportedly a conservative up until 2016 has gone this far to the other side.
The Viet Cong?
It doesn't sound like your white guy faced any systemic discrimination. Sounds like he is doing just fine.
I always had mixed feelings about affirmative action programs.
ditto DEI
My understanding is the former was a remedial action intended to make up for systemic disadvantages.
The latter is more akin to antitrust action to break up monopolies. Except the target is cronyism, e.g. the old boy network. The goal is multiculturalism, to create a culture where everyone within reason is welcome and has a seat at the table.
The problems in both cases is you gotta break eggs to make an omelette and them eggs is expensive. Some people are going to lose power, others will get into positions outside their comfort zone and / or over their heads.
In the long range, it's best for humanity if we have a mix of merit based and needs based systems.
If we don't have diversity, equity, and inclusion; we wind up with uniformity / ethnocentrism, unfairness
/ bias, and division / segregation.
Maybe some prefer that?
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