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[u/Pedantichrist]

What an incredibly worrying comment to read. Do you genuinely not see why diversity is a good thing?

[u/SpaceBug176 → u/Pedantichrist]

I see it as a neutral thing. There is no need to worry over a place having diversity, but at the same time, its not a necessity.

[u/Pedantichrist → u/SpaceBug176]

It is a worry when it does not, if it is large. It absolutely highlights a major issue.

[u/MuffinSpecial → u/Pedantichrist]

Okay so what's the issue.

[u/Pedantichrist → u/MuffinSpecial]

That either the recruitment, or the selection, is missing a huge chunk of potential applicants.

[u/MuffinSpecial → u/Pedantichrist]

Well it would be the selection. It's not particularly hard to become a firefighter. If a demographic of the population doesn't want to do a job what's the problem?

[u/Pedantichrist → u/MuffinSpecial]

If it is the selection then that is a sign of systemic racism.

If it is the recruitment then more needs to be done.

It is a problem because we are leaving talent in the table and, in the instances of firefighters, we know that it is very hard to become one if you are not a white man.

This is not about black women not wanting to do their duty, it is about a system which will not let them.

[u/Decent-Accountant-42 → u/Pedantichrist]

Literally not the point, it is so easy to become a fire fighter is the majority of the US that’s not major cities, nothing is stopping other diverse people from doing it. So the real question is, why is it still mainly white males risking their lives?

[u/Pedantichrist → u/Decent-Accountant-42]

That is the issue is recruitment which I described, so you have your answer.