MarthaMMCOctober 20, 2024(Edited October 20, 2024)
This sort of thing is what DEI should be about. Especially since the women in this article also had the skills & qualifications & worked hard. Unlike the forestry DEI person in another post here who complained that the manager looked for qualifications before identity & diversity. That only makes people resentful & doubting the capabilities of people moving into these jobs as just ticking a box, & believing they can't actually do the work.
Offering opportunities & training & encouragement to groups who were shut out of them, sometimes by law, sometimes by trade groups discrimination, sometimes just by constantly saying this isn't a job for you.
Especially with the trades losing a lot of their older workers, encouraging groups long shut out of them can help fill the labor shortages.
YES! I totally agree! In fact this used to be what affirmitive action was all about too! It was basially just saying stop discrimination. I actually think encouraging girls to go into the trades is a wonderful thing. It is so much better then the libfem: "it is totally ok to strip for dollars!"
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This sort of thing is what DEI should be about. Especially since the women in this article also had the skills & qualifications & worked hard. Unlike the forestry DEI person in another post here who complained that the manager looked for qualifications before identity & diversity. That only makes people resentful & doubting the capabilities of people moving into these jobs as just ticking a box, & believing they can't actually do the work.
Offering opportunities & training & encouragement to groups who were shut out of them, sometimes by law, sometimes by trade groups discrimination, sometimes just by constantly saying this isn't a job for you.
Especially with the trades losing a lot of their older workers, encouraging groups long shut out of them can help fill the labor shortages.
YES! I totally agree! In fact this used to be what affirmitive action was all about too! It was basially just saying stop discrimination. I actually think encouraging girls to go into the trades is a wonderful thing. It is so much better then the libfem: "it is totally ok to strip for dollars!"