-against previously is reason enough to not hire them. Thus continuing the cycle of hiring only mediocre white guys. There's no logic there.
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I have no argument (or side in this). I'm asking what is the rationale for setting policy that encourages positive discrimination.
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Here's an argument that what's called positive or reverse discrimination is often a reduction in discrimination https://danluu.com/tech-discrimination/ …
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I read that piece but it seems to me anything but an argument in favor of "positive discrimination." What am I missing?
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The claim isn't explicit b/c of the context, but the claim is that the term positive discrimination is intellectual sleight of hand.
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When people refer to positive discrimination the unstated and unsupported claim is that the baseline state is no discrimination
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However, historically, for cases where we have good data, we can see that the baseline state is not no discrimination.
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In those cases, programs that boost the odds of people who were considered disadvantaged would have decreased discrimination.
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If we're talking about the Google manifesto, the data is poor and the situation is messy, so it's less clear what's happening.
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Damore asserts that diversity programs are "positive discrimination", but IMO that's not obvious and a claim like that needs support.
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Despite the massive amount of ink spilled on the issue, I haven't seen anyone make a compelling empirical argument.
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This isn't to say that you couldn't make a moral case for what's called positive discrimination. It's just that one seem to be necessary.
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