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In a stunning example of failure to understand the meaning of the word equality, Github's "social impact team" is now actively discriminating against people based on gender and skin color; white women in particular:
One insider criticized GitHub's "social impact team," which is in charge of figuring out how to use the product to tackle social issues, including diversity within the company itself. It's led by Nicole Sanchez, vice president of social impact, who joined GitHub in May after working as a diversity consultant.
While people inside the company approve of the goal to hire a more diverse workforce, some think the team is contributing to the internal cultural battle.
"They are trying to control culture, interviewing and firing. Scary times at the company without a seasoned leader. While their efforts are admirable it is very hard to even interview people who are 'white' which makes things challenging," this person said.
Sanchez is known for some strong views about diversity. She wrote an article for USA Today shortly before she joined GitHub titled, "More white women does not equal tech diversity."
At one diversity training talk held at a different company and geared toward people of color, she came on a bit stronger with a point that says, "Some of the biggest barriers to progress are white women."
From a site policy standpoint, this really makes me want to argue for finding another host for our rehash repository, enormous pain in the ass though that would be.
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Tuesday February 09 2016, @04:33AM
So if it needs a name, why not use the accepted one, SJW. Everybody knows what is being referred to and that is the point of language for the Right.
And this is why you fail! "Death tax"? "Trickle down"? All these Frank Luntz attempts at the Big Lie technique are well past their sell-by date. No one knows what is being referred to by the "SJW" appellation, other than Right-wing nut-jobs disagree with whatever it is that it is supposed to mean. At least when you say "right-wing nut-job" people say, "Oh, you mean like jmorris?". So at least that term has reference.
(Score: 2) by jmorris on Tuesday February 09 2016, @04:56AM
Like I said, right over the target! So BOMBS AWAY!
No one knows what is being referred to by the "SJW" appellation...
Oh, I see. You are just trying to stop us from looking foolish when we start talking about something nobody will know what the heck we are going on about. Riiight. Totally believe that one. Those who have been under a rock and didn't read anything about GamerGate, the kerfluffle over the Hugo awards, any other story about political correctness run amok in the last year or so where the term has moved into mainstream usage and has managed to not watch the last season of South Park AND plus on top of all that are so dim witted can't figure it out from the context or use that new fangled Google thing. So other than the more low info of your fellow Prog drones, everyone else should be up to speed enough to follow the conversation.
If the term didn't cause pain you would not squeal so loudly. If using it actually harmed the speaker you would be keeping your trap shut and allowing your enemies to self immolate.
And this is why you fail! "Death tax"?
You die, the government taxes it. Death Tax, a tax on dying. Where does this chain of logic break down over in your universe?
"Trickle down"? All these Frank Luntz attempts...
Did your mother drop you when you were a baby? Trickle down a Luntz creation? It was popularized long before Mr. Luntz entered political life. "Trickle down" probably originated with Will Rogers and is a disparaging term used by Progs to discredit Laissez faire economics.
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Tuesday February 09 2016, @05:17AM
You die, the government taxes it. Death Tax, a tax on dying. Where does this chain of logic break down over in your universe?
What, pray tell, is the return address on your tax form when you have to file this "death tax"? Next you will be insisting that the Tea(bagger) Party was a real thing and not just a Dick Armey! Oh, jmorris, you are soo funny! Point remains, however, SJW is a meaningless apellation. Political correctness just means being polite in pubic venues. Taxes are the price we pay for civilization. Never let a good man down. And buy low and sell high. Reagan is dead.
(Score: 2) by julian on Wednesday February 10 2016, @07:28PM
Conservatives think that when you die with outstanding tax debt and the Govt takes what you owe from your estate that this is a "death tax".
As for political correctness, it's not mere politeness; it's enforced politeness with some very nasty consequences for trespassing those fluid rules of etiquette. The rules are also defined by a group who is hostile and bigoted against men, Europeans, Western Enlightenment values, political conservatives, those who oppose Islamism, and many others in a growing list of unpersons.
I'm not against politeness in general, broadly construed. I am against attacking someone's career, private life, and ability to function in society for violating those rules. If someone is rude to me, I avoid them, and that's all I have any right to do. I don't launch a crusade to excommunicate them from civilization. I see the regressive left doing this all the time now and it's disturbing. There are even times when I myself want to be impolite impolitic for effect. There's a place for it, and we're poorer culturally if we lose that option in the name of comfort.