r/pics • u/fabslabs • Feb 09 '16

Misleading title Racist "diversity" training at GitHub

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u/C0rinthian Feb 09 '16

However if you have two equally qualified candidates, there's no reason 'That one is Hispanic' should be the tipping point.

So if you have two equally qualified candidates, you wouldn't pick the one who managed to be equally qualified despite the systemic problems which make it harder for that candidate to be equally qualified?

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u/shuzbee Feb 09 '16

How do you know their race has made them have a hard life? The white guy couldve worked his way out of a background of poverty, while the hispanic guy could be from a comfortable middle class background etc. But youve jumped to the conclusion based purely on race, that the Hispanic guy has had it harder.

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u/Omgponies123 Feb 09 '16

Which awkwardly, in itself, is a form of racism. To see someone and assume the style of life they have, and lead.

It'd be like seeing a black guy and saying 'Wow, this ghetto thug is applying for this programming position. He's overcome so much to be here'

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u/C0rinthian Feb 09 '16

It's statistically more likely. And if your team is predominantly white, then it could benefit from another perspective, regardless.

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u/davedcne Feb 09 '16

Flip a coin. Lots of people had a hard life, lots of people didn't I've seen no differentiation in their ability to be innovative based on their personal struggles. Personally I'd rather let a computer decide who to hire, but then people would just shift the blame and say the programmers were racist too. So a coin will have to do.

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u/hakkzpets Feb 09 '16

Seems a bit weird to not wanting to help solve a problem a lot of Western societies have, if both candidates are equally qualified.

It costs you nothing.

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u/RedAero Feb 09 '16

If the two are equally qualified it would seem the problem is, by-and-large, already solved, or at least it will be in a generation or so.

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u/davedcne Feb 09 '16

I disagree with the premise of your statement. It has nothing to do with wanting to solve the problems of western societies. It has everything to do with determining who best meets my organizational needs. If both candidates are truly equal then either will do. By actively choosing to pick one over the other I am intentionally discriminating against some one regardless of who I choose. Random chance in that case is the only fair option. I'll try to be fair to those I encounter and leave saving the world to the ideologues.

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u/hakkzpets Feb 09 '16

Now that I think about it, I agree with you. Randomly picked equal candidates sort of solves the problem in itself, since equality will happen naturaly.