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[–]thoughtcriminal 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think we agree until the last part where you mentioned a matrix. I think we should remove discrimination as much as possible from the hiring process. But I don't see hiring underrepresented people as necessarily being a positive thing on its own.

The first question to ask would be why are they underrepresented. If it's due to discrimination, let's address it. If it's due to some other factor, like choice, it's not a problem. If the goal is to get underrepresented people in specific fields, I think that should be addressed before they're applying for a job - through education, socioeconomic factors, accessibility to quality education, etc. Addressing the root causes will naturally lead to representations in fields that maximize individual choice and fairness, rather than quotas and artificial balances of immutable characteristics based on statistics and numbers.