Positive Discrimination Versus Meritocracy BBC Radio programme.

BinaryShadow · 2011-01-16T10:55:10+00:00

Back in college, I took a class on management. It was pretty good until the obligatory affirmative action is good section came up. The whole section was about how it brings diverse ideas into the atmosphere which makes it overall better. Fine. I'm okay with that point. If you reject someone just because of their gender, then you are biased.

However, let's discuss those 100% women law firms or 100% women small businesses that not only discriminate blatantly, but are probably receiving government money to artificially prop them up in the marketplace. Aren't THEY shutting out diverse ideas? Oh, that's okay in this case...

Whatthedeuce289 · 2011-01-15T01:38:07+00:00

"The justification of equality discrimination legislation hinges on this principle that employers are too stupid to choose the right people to employ, and that they have to be told, that there is this great number of hidden talent out there, which their prejudices are denying them. I dont think thats the case."

this hit the nail on the head. The whole idea of positive discrimination is based on the assumption that professionals in literally every field that uses merit based methods of determining the best applicants are worse at doing their jobs than people who know absolutely nothing about those fields.

Title	Positive Discrimination Versus Meritocracy BBC Radio programme.
Author	AntiFeministMedia
Upvotes	7
Comments	2
Date	January 15, 2011 1:05 AM UTC (15 years ago)
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