Book Review: The Origins Of Woke
Astral Codex Ten Podcast
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Striving for Racial Balance Without Explicit Favoritism
The reframing of civil rights law proposes achieving racial balance in the workforce without explicitly favoring black applicants over whites. Setting quotas based on the percentage of black employees in the applicant pool is disallowed, but achieving racial balance is expected. An argument suggests that companies with a workforce less diverse than the general population may be seen as discriminatory, and achieving racial balance without quotas is a possible solution. However, the example of a math department shows that some professions may struggle to meet the desired racial balance without compromising on standards or taking drastic measures.
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