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In response to
"Ender if you can't see that "skin color" is very much a "qualification" for quite a lot in the US, not all of it good, then the conversation is pointl"
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TWuGbacca
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In the computer industry, we have one development methodology called Agile ... inside that, there's a useful concept for combatting institutional -- (edited)
Posted by
Beryllium (aka grayman)
Dec 10 '15, 15:48
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that could be applied to combatting institutional racism.
Owing to a lack of data for providing estimates, teams of developers will be given a specific timeframe to "spike" a project - basically go all out on greenfield type stuff related to the larger project, so they can establish how long certain things will take.
Affirmative action is a spike on combatting institutional racism. Sure, to people who want everything to be fair, it seems unfair - but the fact is, it should be *even more unfair* in order to normalize racial or gender equality. It needs to push the boundary in order for everyone involved to realize what balance is needed.
Because white privilege is a thing. Male privilege is a thing. And some people who protest affirmative action do so because they fear being treated the way their culture has been treating other people for hundreds of years.
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Edited it to say "And some people..."
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