Kaboom@reddthat.com to Conservative@lemm.ee · 9 months agoMicrosoft purportedly pays white employees less than minority groups in name of ‘equity’dallasexpress.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down159
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minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agoEquity means having the same outcome. In this case, pay.
minus-squareNeuromancer@lemm.eeMlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down4·8 months agoNo, equity is about paying people the same even if they don’t meet the standard.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoEquity is about paying people the same.
minus-squareNeuromancer@lemm.eeMlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·8 months agoNo, that isn’t true at all. Looks at the boxes in the cartoon. Equality is giving everyone the same box. That is what Microsoft did. Equity: they give people more boxes, but that isn’t what Microsoft did. Are you trying to argue that Microsoft shouldn’t black people the same as white people?
minus-squareNeuromancer@lemm.eeMlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down5·8 months agoHere is a cartoon I hate but it shows the difference. https://interactioninstitute.org/illustrating-equality-vs-equity/ What Microsoft did is give everyone that same box. That is parity. That is equality.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoThe boxes do not represent money in the picture. They represent opportunity, ie infrastructure and legal system.
Equity means having the same outcome. In this case, pay.
No, equity is about paying people the same even if they don’t meet the standard.
Equity is about paying people the same.
No, that isn’t true at all. Looks at the boxes in the cartoon.
Equality is giving everyone the same box. That is what Microsoft did.
Equity: they give people more boxes, but that isn’t what Microsoft did.
Are you trying to argue that Microsoft shouldn’t black people the same as white people?
Here is a cartoon I hate but it shows the difference.
https://interactioninstitute.org/illustrating-equality-vs-equity/
What Microsoft did is give everyone that same box. That is parity. That is equality.
The boxes do not represent money in the picture. They represent opportunity, ie infrastructure and legal system.