(May 6, 2021 at 12:15 pm)Drich Wrote: 9 diversity =/= quality diversity simple points to quota hires. instead the best person for the job, we need a female person of color, one that speaks this language or that, next we need to placate the lgbyt community get one of those. next we are having problems with this community get some easily manipulable shill to represent them.. or so was the sentiment from malcolm X
Sure, diversity can be done as virtue signalling. It can be done with motives of manipulation (think Donald having a few token blacks behind him at speeches, or saying "Look Kanye likes me -- I must be good for black people".
But ensuring that people in actual power represent diverse segments of the population is just good for society. Sure, Biden could just be signalling to his progressive wing, but at the end of the day, those people are still in positions of power.
The alternative is what? Putting a bunch of white guys in power? You could say "choose the best qualified", but political appointments are never done that way, and never will be. Politicians don't even know who would be "best". And, if there are a truckload of qualified people, make sure they represent the viewpoints of the actual people.