Equal Opportunity and Discrimination
| 9/2/2007 | Posted by Pete under General |
There’s an interesting post over at http://txfx.net/2006/10/26/equal-opportunity-and-diversity/ which is quite interesting. Reading the whole discussion is quite enlightening on how people think. My favourite is the quote below from the actual article.
The deluded promoters of “equal opportunity + dedication to diversity†want to believe that an employer can discriminate in favor of one person without necessarily discriminating against someone else. They’re wrong. Discrimination in any direction is the rearranging of a meritocratic result. Discrimination in favor of one person is discrimination against another person. It’s a mathematical fact.
Dead right, regardless of the merits of the discrimination there are always people on both sides. If there wasn’t it would be called “being friendly” I guess.
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Indeed, I always liked the term “positive discrimination” was never quite sure if it refers to favouring the minority or was discrimination that was in some way not-negative.