When we see extremes of representation we should take a step back and question why. In a lot of cases you are dealing with something systemic that may be able to change. For nursing, in the 1950s it was perceived as a female profession but as that viewpoint is going away, more men are joining the field.
Ironically, most people of color I've met find this all to be quite silly - they are professionals in their career, and want to be treated as such.
Recruiting people that 'fit the job' leads to a mono-culture. Besides being unfair, this is bad for companies. It means you get collective blind-spots, collective hype-trains. Moreover, you reduce the effective hiring pool. Because, if you have a mono-culture then there is significant disruption to adding things outside the mono-culture. This reduction in the hiring pool means there is a lot of talent left on the table.
This means you hit a local maximum that is not a global one. Trying to move to the global maximum means moving away from the local maximum for a while.
> Moreover, you can’t complain about so-called systemic sexism or racism when your policy is to not recruit white, asian or men that could fulfill the job precisely because of their race/sex.
You can however complain about systemic disadvantages conferred to women and people who aren't Caucasian and have a policy to prefer people who are women or not Caucasian. Especially if you think that these people would have a positive effect on your company.
Completely insane. I can't understand who came up with and spread it around with a straight face.
"hey we better hire predetermined % of <insert any group that is non-white-christian-men> otherwise we are bigots"
Truly remarkable how insane it is.
I haven't seen a single case where the people that ought to be employed are white Christian men.
Why is that so? Does nobody ask this question? Can it be coincidence that nobody, ever, ever raised an issue that not enough white Christian men were employed?
A lot of illogical and improbable things, and IMHO it's just not a coincidence. But I don't have good understanding on why it happens, though.