tailgater wrote:You can't undo past injustices by adopting present day racism.
I assume she's qualified. But it's not a legitimate hire when 75% of the field was considered ineligible due to gender and/or race.
As a good friend recently said: "it's inexcusable".
nope, can not undo the past. can't pretend it hasn't been true until recently either, maybe still exists, though a lot less, but if we ran the world it would be gone altogether.
But we don't.
I honestly don't know if she's qualified beyond reasonable doubt, but I could believe it.
I agree no one should be disqualified for any reason other than their job related qualifications, or rather lack of same.
That's exactly how I want the world to work.
So how do we get the world where it should have been for two and a half centuries?
I have to say I am more than amused when I hear stuff that sounds like white guys can't get a break. Not from you but it's been growing as the pushing for and the gains are made for wider inclusion.
If he never said he planned to appoint a Black woman and then did so, wouldn't many of the same claiming outrage just accuse him of it anyway? Honestly?
Stuff like this never gets fixed without pressure from those being subjected to persecution.
Never. Those in power don't normally change their minds because of an epiphany...it takes pressure to break the ice.
And then it starts to...just...kinda...feel...normal...
How else can it be made right? Cuz I don't know but I want it to be better.