Joe Biden Wins - Becomes 46th president of the United States

[driverdis]

I want the best pilot. I don´t care about anything else regarding his person. But then you don´t get enough diversity - the end-all be-all of American ideology. Wouldn´t you be afraid if the person steering the plane got his job for any reason other test demonstrated capability?

This is what the tech industry is doing. some of the big companies out there are creating diversity teams who look for making the workplace a more diverse area. That is not a problem at all, diversity is good as all people are equal and deserve equal chances.

The problem is that some of these companies have put in new policies to hire more black, LGBTQ, etc people even if their work skills, background knowledge, etc. is less than that of for example A white person that applies for the same position. Companies are feeling pressured into becoming more accepting via hiring more people based on gender, color, etc rather than skills and it will show in time for those that are hired into positions they cannot run without the prerequisite knowledge needed to do so.

I had a close friend of mine showed me the internal messages from "Cant say to avoid losing his job" about this exact thing. this is a tech company that deals with clients like Dell, Apple, etc. and they are going for the Flex Seal solution rather than having their diversity teams look at people's skill sets, etc. before choosing who to hire. depending on who gets hired for what this can cause issues down the road if those people can't acquire the skills needed on the job, which i am sure some will be but it will be harder to guess when skills are no longer the deciding factor and that external factors out of anyone's control are instead.

 

[UltraDolphinRevolution]

it sounds to me that you are implying that certain races aren't as capable of tasks as others

Very important: On average.
If you just let the test result speak, you get e.g. a very African-American NBA.
It doesn´t mean you can also have an amazing Chinese player from time to time.
Why are they - on average - at a disadvantage? I haven´t looked into basketball, but height is an obvious one.

 

[LumInvader]

Donald trump banned from Twitter and Facebook indefinitely. Good riddance.

"One day, it's like a miracle, it will disappear."

- Donald Trump

 

[omgcat]

Very important: On average.
If you just let the test result speak, you get e.g. a very African-American NBA.
It doesn´t mean you can also have an amazing Chinese player from time to time.
Why are they - on average - at a disadvantage? I haven´t looked into basketball, but height is an obvious one.

like i said, the disadvantage comes at entry. not having enough money to pay application fee's, poor education in area's leading to worse test scores. remember that education and training is a 2 way street. you could have the potential to be the smartest person on the planet and get fucked by having shit teachers from k-12. affirmative action smooths the playing field so more talent is captured, not less.

 

[UltraDolphinRevolution]

like i said, the disadvantage comes at entry. not having enough money to pay application fee's, poor education in area's leading to worse test scores. remember that education and training is a 2 way street. you could have the potential to be the smartest person on the planet and get fucked by having shit teachers from k-12. affirmative action smooths the playing field so more talent is captured, not less.

How is more talent captured if a person with better test scores is denied entry due to his ethnicity?
I agree that poverty increases the amount of undiscovered talents. But that is a question about government spending, not equality of outcome - which is directly and indirectly desired in America. Every average difference in outcome (i.e. something is e.g. "too white") is blamed on racism - except in the case of the NBA, of course.

 

[Magnus87]

Wrong Thread, Sorry

 

[omgcat]

How is more talent captured if a person with better test scores is denied entry due to his ethnicity?
I agree that poverty increases the amount of undiscovered talents. But that is a question about government spending, not equality of outcome - which is directly and indirectly desired in America. Every average difference in outcome (i.e. something is e.g. "too white") is blamed on racism - except in the case of the NBA, of course.

because an SAT or ACT test score isn't a good gauge of how well a pilot or surgeon will do once they take the classes? you're equating college entry exams with graduated talent which is laughable.

 

[djpannda]

"One day, it's like a miracle, it will disappear."

- Donald Trump

I wonder if the WH staff took his phone.. because I would of thought he would of gone to Parler but nope.

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lol this made me laugh, I forgot about the Grammy

It’s amazing to realize how President Obama really was better at everything.

Barack Obama has an Oscar, a Grammy, a Nobel Peace Prize and a Twitter account.

— Scott Feighner (@Scottreadsbooks) January 9, 2021

 

[UltraDolphinRevolution]

because an SAT test score isn't a good gauge of how well a pilot or surgeon will do once they take the classes? you're equating college entry exams with graduated talent which is laughable.

Your claim that diversity is only sought after at the entry, not the exit, is laughable.
E.g. An African-Americans woman has a much easier time to be employed as an IT specialist, even with lower test scores at the end of her training.

 

[omgcat]

Your claim that diversity is only sought after at the entry, not the exit, is laughable.
E.g. An African-Americans woman has a much easier time to be employed as an IT specialist, even with lower test scores at the end of her training.

source?

my source is the ACT and SAT which are modified with affirmative action, where is affirmative action magically making black women instantly get jobs in IT?

 

[UltraDolphinRevolution]

source?

Planet earth. Have you been hiding in the woods the past decade?

 

[omgcat]

Planet earth. Have you been hiding in the woods the past decade?

pull up some peer-reviewed stats that show AA participants are under qualified.

you can read up on some myths about AA here:

https://www.upstate.edu/diversityinclusion/policies-and-procedures/aa/myth_reality.php

 

[UltraDolphinRevolution]

pull up some peer-reviewed stats that show AA participants are under qualified.

I cannot. You win. I´m so sorry. I was actually just dreaming and then writing down nonsense. Please accept my apology.

 

[omgcat]

I cannot. You win. I´m so sorry. I was actually just dreaming and then writing down nonsense. Please accept my apology.

apology accepted. glad you can start understanding the science.

 

[djpannda]

Pence’s decision to attend Biden’s swearing-in ceremony at the U.S. Capitol is yet another public break with President Donald Trump.

lol Trump is "winning" like Charlie Sheen

 

[djpannda]

and there goes Parler from the Applestore.
I can still access from the iPhone, wonder if Apple is going to do a complete kill switch and force it to be removed from phones.

 

[djpannda]

Georgia Officials Reveal Third Trump Call Seeking to Influence Election Results
White House Forced Georgia U.S. Attorney To Quit: Report
....im sure Trump was just "trying secure the election"...for himself..
DANG, that MAGA DAM is cracking by the second.

 

[omgcat]

and there goes Parler from the Applestore.
I can still access from the iPhone, wonder if Apple is going to do a complete kill switch and force it to be removed from phones.

they probably won't, but AWS kicking them off would be hilarious.

 

[djpannda]

they probably won't, but AWS kicking them off would be hilarious.

really?? you said it out loud and God hear you .. lolol

Amazon Is Booting Parler Off Of Its Web Hosting Service

 

[Frankfort42]

A few weeks ago it was the tech giants testifying to Congress that they don't censor conservatives. Fast forward a few weeks and we have Apple, Google, Facebook, Twitter and others banning users and entire apps/communities based on their political affiliation. Tens of millions of people have lost their voices due to censorship. Some have also been fired and lost their livelihood and source of income due to simply saying things that go against the Liberal agenda. You can claim a private company has the right to deny you freedom of speech, but then you're just justifying why you do not believe in freedom of speech. It's sad to say, but we've seen other one of the Liberals lies fall apart. Conservatives are being censored, their rights are being denied and some are having their livelihood taken from them simply for not being Liberals. This is the sort of evil people we've been dealing with for four years and suddenly you want peace and unity? Lol, good luck with that one.