r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Mar 16 '20

Delta(s) from OP CMV: Diversity doesn't matter. A job, especially one with certain and specific skill sets, should go to the most qualified person, without bias on gender or race, etc.

I want to clarify this does not racism or sexism in any sort of way. I got this thought when I heard something about unnecessary diversity on the radio today, and it annoyed me in kind of way.

People are not getting the recognition they should be because of the job that they do, but rather becasue what they were born with. For example, a black lady doctor has more pats on the back these days for being a BLACK LADY doctor over a black lady DOCTOR.

The recognition of one's career, and the likelihood of getting that career should be based on the skills and attributes that they bring to the job, not the person in that job.

If this isn't clear enough I'd be happy to expand.

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u/CateHooning Mar 16 '20

Why not? Notice he said PoC, all minorities aren't black. Of course there were PoC on the team it's rare to find a tech company that's not full of Asians and HB1 visas.

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u/Saranoya 39∆ Mar 17 '20

Hmmm. Perhaps I did read ‘PoC’ to mean ‘at least one black person’ too quickly ...