CalebMClark.com » diversity http://calebmclark.com/blog Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:18:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Diversity For The Sake Of Diversity http://calebmclark.com/blog/2009/01/diversity-for-the-sake-of-diversity/ http://calebmclark.com/blog/2009/01/diversity-for-the-sake-of-diversity/#comments Sat, 31 Jan 2009 06:54:20 +0000 Caleb http://www.cookingpotatoes.net/?p=288 We have a very large expensive Cannon printer at my current place of work that requires frequent service. One day our certified repair guy comes in and I’m working in the same room. I didn’t have much to think about so I started up a conversation, starting out by asking him how he got into printer troubleshooting, repair, all that good stuff. His story was not as straightforward as I’d expected and it angered me.

He had gone to school and got degrees in technical geography and cartography with the intention of joining the CIA to analyze intelligence maps and such. After he finished his lengthy schooling he went in for an interview with the CIA, but it appears he was a little late. Basically, he was told that if he was anything but a white male, he would have been hired to his dream job. Instead, diversity for the sake of diversity kicked in and his dream job was set aside for a politically recognized minority, and was probably eventually given to someone with less schooling, less ambition, and less passion for the job.

I’ve always argued that diversity for the sake of diversity tears people apart and promotes racism in some cases, but this was a real person with a real story, and it really boiled my blood. He ended up going through all that school for his dream job but instead ended up taking an entry job in printer troubleshooting, where he’s been for 15+ years.

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