Good point – viewpoint diversity is important too. On the other hand, to some extent people need to be on the same page in order to work effectively together don’t they?
So on reflection, I’m not sure it is superficial to aim for (e.g.) ethnic diversity even if the people employed have largely the same outlook.
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marshnicholas
2 years ago
If only Arthur Miller were around to write a Wokitanical version of The Crucible.
Last edited 2 years ago by marshnicholas
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Drahcir Nevarc
3 years ago
“If I don’t pay that price, if I leap right in and say “diversity training is a waste of time”, you’ll immediately lump me in with a certain kind of Right-wing anti-wokeness writer”
A badge I wear with pride.
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Stephen Green
3 years ago
Yes, I too had the result “little to no automatic preference between White people and Black people” yet I feel preferences for those of similar backgrounds are both ethical and rational. Go figure as our Atlantic cousins say.
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Drahcir Nevarc
3 years ago
“something like 30% were non-white (compared to about 15% of the population).”
I understand the point of the article perfectly well, thank you. Indeed I agree with what it’s saying, viz. IAT’s don’t accurately measure or reduce bias. It still needs saying that white people were egregiously under-represented in the media company where the author worked.
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“Hiring more journalists from various minorities and listening to them seems pretty obviously a good thing to do.”
Perhaps… but not if they all think the same, identical things – as at the current BBC-that’s not true diversity, it’s just very superficial wokism.
Good point – viewpoint diversity is important too. On the other hand, to some extent people need to be on the same page in order to work effectively together don’t they?
So on reflection, I’m not sure it is superficial to aim for (e.g.) ethnic diversity even if the people employed have largely the same outlook.
If only Arthur Miller were around to write a Wokitanical version of The Crucible.
“If I don’t pay that price, if I leap right in and say “diversity training is a waste of time”, you’ll immediately lump me in with a certain kind of Right-wing anti-wokeness writer”
A badge I wear with pride.
Yes, I too had the result “little to no automatic preference between White people and Black people” yet I feel preferences for those of similar backgrounds are both ethical and rational. Go figure as our Atlantic cousins say.
“something like 30% were non-white (compared to about 15% of the population).”
That’s too many then.
I get where you’re coming from but you really are missing the point of the article if that’s your take away.
I understand the point of the article perfectly well, thank you. Indeed I agree with what it’s saying, viz. IAT’s don’t accurately measure or reduce bias. It still needs saying that white people were egregiously under-represented in the media company where the author worked.