Let use the term "affirmative action" from now on... ________________________________________ From: Naomi Slater <n...@tumbolia.org> Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2019 11:50 AM To: dev@community.apache.org Subject: Re: Building and Sustaining Inclusive Communities (was: on "meritocracy")
On Sat, 30 Mar 2019 at 19:23, Jim Jagielski <j...@jagunet.com> wrote: > > Discrimination, by definition, is unjust, unwarranted or prejudicial. > simplistic and incorrect discrimination, *by definition*, means you discriminate, i.e., tell apart we discriminate when we determine who "has merit". but most people at the organization consider that form of discrimination a positive and constructive process when you choose who to hire, you are discriminating. between the hirable candidates and the unhirable candidates "positive discrimination", also known as affirmative action, is the process of discriminating between those who are advantaged and those who are disadvantaged and then doing something to help the ones who are disadvantaged this is similar in spirit to means testing when it comes to social welfare. the state discriminates between those who need assistance and those who don't (how well they do this is another matter entirely) I would like to see a well-reasoned argument that explains why identifying those in need of assistance and then providing that assistance is "by definition" unjust. it appears we have a *very* different understanding of what justice is --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org
