Yes… Will someone please think of the poor oppressed white males!!!
You’re just ignorant and incorrect. There has been a big push to hire men in nursing for example because… wait for it… diverse workplaces are more effective than homogenous ones.
We’re not talking parts… We’re talking people. And PEOPLE are not unflinching, mindless automotons. They function differently depending on their surroundings and perspective. It sounds like maybe you need to get out more?
You apparently have absolutely zero experience in the programming workplace. The meme is that companies are constantly looking for “5+ years relevant coding experience in the language” for languages that were literally created a couple years ago… There are plenty of applicants of all backgrounds. Diverse hiring simply means maybe putting a premium on applicants from a background different than that of your existing workforce over say… applicants who have more experience in a language than is humanly possible (or who graduated from a fancy private college etc…)
Again… No one is tying anyone up and forcing them to become a programmer. They’re simply pointing out that making an effort to diversify your workplace is not only the socially conscious thing to do… its also the most effective way to run your business.
Those are larger issues that are symptoms of the same kind of institutionalized oppression that has also kept minorities out of tech jobs and prestigious tech colleges… and it does desreve to be addressed… but it’s also not the only, or even the most effective way, to address the problem.
No one ever said that. But companies are run by PEOPLE, and PEOPLE, have a strong tendency towards laziness, myopia and the status quo. And sometimes they need to be prodded in the right direction.
See above. Companies are not mindless infallible automotons making decisions solely based on what will have the most positive impact on the bottom line. They’re comprised of people… People with failings. As prominent conservative Alan Greenspan who was a much smarter man than any of you found out,
"I have found a flaw in my free market ideology and I have been very distressed by that fact. I made a mistake in presuming that the self-interests of organisations, were such that they were best capable of protecting their own shareholders and their equity in the firms"
IE: Corporations DONT ALWAYS ACT IN THEIR OWN BEST INTEREST. Because humans are flawed.
And not for nothing… that also furthers the larger point. Alan Greenspan was an incredibly intelligent man, but his lack of perspective created a blind spot which led him to make an assumption that literally caused a financial catastrophe. Perhaps had he had a more diverse background, or been surrounded by people who did, he might have taken these additional factors into account. Even intelligent men suffer from blind spots, in fact it’s probably their biggest weakness… a weakness that diversity helps to mitigate.