While statistically true, it is untrue that any person of color or woman won’t have that aptitude.
That you apply to everyone of color or female in that field is racist and I am the last black person to cry racism.
I know of 3 black individuals, personally, that are quite competent and at or near the top of their “white-male dominated” fields.
(Oncology, Finance, Business).
Can’t judge a book..
the problem is... the MOMENT you give one group a leg up then all members of that group will be looked at as having had the same leg up.
this is why affirmative action (and the latest incarnation of it) are just perpetuating racial division and degrading the quality of the positions being filled (either in education or professionally).
ONLY merit based education and hiring practices allow for true color blindness while insuring the best PEOPLE for the position
it’s also the only way to judge qualifications if you truly believe in content of character over skin color
So you’re saying white guys are great at basketball. They’re only kept out because of racism!
While I don’t disagree with what you said in principal, generally when you try to artificially target a racial quota of any type, you are by definition forced to lower standards. An extreme example would be if the NBA announced it would target white players in the league to equal the overall population of around 63%. Sure they could achieve that, many would even be pretty decent players, but far below the skill level of the current group of largely black players. Another problem is simple numbers. Let’s just use the typical bell curve and say 25% of all races are in the smart category and can do these higher tier jobs like a pilot, doctor or run a department for a large company. Then narrow that to working age folks and assume only 90% actually will work. That narrows the pool down to 2% of the US population are qualified blacks for these jobs, and not all will want higher stress, higher education requirement jobs. Their simple aren’t enough minorities in the US for all these companies to all achieve these silly quotas. I’ll tell you what though it is a fantastic time to be a young, bright and upcoming minority currently in Corp America because they are in very, very high demand. If I was a black female, I’d likely be a CFO of a company my size rather than a VP pushing SVP and 5ish years from CFO level.
Depends more on how they were brought up and educated way more than skin color (from my experience anyway)