Kulturkampf

[Nintex]

Not to mention the average Egyptian muslim scholar is less likely to be radicalized by ISIS than the average white woman.

[Potato]

They sort of accidentally shut down one of the hate preachers. Though I'm sure he'll pop up somewhere else

Doesn't deal with the root cause. This rat will surface again in some other western sydney shithole ghetto and will still be preaching the same shit.

[Potato]

likewise metrics for determining whether "diversity of thought and experience" has really provided measurable benefits, considering the many homogeneous cultures that lack that diversity and keep on truckin' successfully like it's no big deal

"we should give star wars to kathleen kennedy, a woman, for her unique woman's perspective, which will surely broaden our audience and bring us success"

Diversity coupled with competence can be a very successful combination, bringing a greater mixture of ideas to the table and alternative perspectives. However the important part of that equation is "coupled with competence" and that most often gets left out.

Unfortunately, like the case with Kathleen Kennedy, it is diversity for the sake of diversity. Any white male who killed the Star Wars golden goose, then ran over it in his car while exploding its remains with dynamite like she did would have been fired so hard his kids would probably be unemployed.

but see from where I'm sitting, part of this whole discussion would be that competence often leads people to arrive at similar conclusions, the categorically best way to achieve something

so if competence is part of the equation, paradoxically you end up with less diversity of ideas, but maybe that's better because you don't want diversity for diversity's sake, you really do want to make the best decision

But you see, if two people use different perspectives and views to come to the same conclusion then you have greater evidence that you are probably onto a winning idea.

The argument against homogenised leadership is you just do shit the same way because that's how it's always been done. Diversity of opinion and perspective means those "how it's always been done" ideas at least get scrutinised by people who look at the situation slightly differently.

Ultimately, diversity is useless without the underlying competence. Start there instead of the diversity. 

Tangential to this discussion is my belief that education is the key to opportunity. Provide good educational opportunities for disadvantaged people and you will provide good outcomes.

[HaughtyFrank]

[HaughtyFrank]

[DavidCroquet]

Seth Abramson being very emotionally regulated on Twitter:

Anyway here’s CNN:
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/23/politics/larry-nassar-epstein-files-letter

[benji]

[benji]

This is an old tweet, but I have only now discovered this:

Lifeline Expedition is a non-profit organization founded in 1997 by Briton David Pott.[1] The group believes white people must apologize for the Atlantic slave trade, and that forgiveness can be granted by black people from areas that were involved in it.[2]

It brings together teams of Africans, descendants of enslaved Africans and white people from the three former corners of the slave triangle and over a period of seven years has visited many significant slavery sites around the Atlantic world. Controversy has emerged over the fact that white people, including children, on the teams wore replica yokes and chains to express apology for the role of whites in the slave trade.[3][4]

[HaughtyFrank]

Another funny revelation is that Amu Gib's real name is Amy Gardiner-Gibson but I guess she wanted a more... ethnic sounding name?

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr4dvr4nl26o

Amy Gardiner-Gibson, who also goes by the name Amu Gib,

[Alpacx]

[malfoyking]

Harry Potter will always live rent-free in their heads.

[Potato]

This is an old tweet, but I have only now discovered this:

Lifeline Expedition is a non-profit organization founded in 1997 by Briton David Pott.[1] The group believes white people must apologize for the Atlantic slave trade, and that forgiveness can be granted by black people from areas that were involved in it.[2]

It brings together teams of Africans, descendants of enslaved Africans and white people from the three former corners of the slave triangle and over a period of seven years has visited many significant slavery sites around the Atlantic world. Controversy has emerged over the fact that white people, including children, on the teams wore replica yokes and chains to express apology for the role of whites in the slave trade.[3][4]

I think they've forgotten an important part of the slave trade...the Arabs. Typical yts not giving the brown man credit.

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

The children crave... Discworld?

[benji]

Good news black people, there's no reason to worry about sickle cells anymore.

Also good news white people because it's not racist anymore to allocate too little research towards sickle cells

[benji]

I would note that if what Evan and the journalist says is true, then racial representation/preferences/etc. are impossible. They're saying that their entire DEI agenda is based on a malicious lie purely because it allows them to exercise power.

The resulting appeal to a group social position would be similar to the trans debate. In that they're saying the group does not materially exist but should be treated as if it is a material group despite there also being no way to determine who actually is in the group except "vibes" determined by whoever happens to have social power.

You wind up basically saying "we need more people with dark skin" and "we need people who perform stereotypes of gender" because these things are inherently good. Which isn't actually a progressive theory, just an inversion of the supposed conservative one, which makes it a reactionary theory. The first is determined because they imagine the "other side" thinks "whites are good" and the latter because they think "roles determined by sex are good." They simply invert it and then argue for its moral social necessity. Because progressive must be the opposite of conservative like good opposes evil.

They have no interest in defending the absurd position, for example that skin color is evidence for moral value, but they also worry that allowing the actual evidence allows people to make the wrong choice. To use the genetics example, as shown by the paranoia over Sydney Sweeney, that people will look at genetics and automatically come to the moral conclusion that whites are superior. As such, it's necessary to either attack genetics as a concept or make any knowledge derived from it morally suspect. You see the same thing with sex in the trans arguments.

It underpins essentially their entire anti-democratic worldview. They look at the state of the world, see imperfection and conclude complete failure, subconsciously they know this is the result of the infinite choices of the masses including themselves. Therefore the only solution is to deny everyone choice and only allow them to make the correct choices. Then perfection will flow into existence because there's no such thing as unintended consequences. It's something with a long legacy in our philosophy: Plato, Rosseau, the entire Marxist line, etc.

[BIONIC]

I would note that if what Evan and the journalist says is true, then racial representation/preferences/etc. are impossible. They're saying that their entire DEI agenda is based on a malicious lie purely because it allows them to exercise power.

The resulting appeal to a group social position would be similar to the trans debate. In that they're saying the group does not materially exist but should be treated as if it is a material group despite there also being no way to determine who actually is in the group except "vibes" determined by whoever happens to have social power.

You wind up basically saying "we need more people with dark skin" and "we need people who perform stereotypes of gender" because these things are inherently good. Which isn't actually a progressive theory, just an inversion of the supposed conservative one, which makes it a reactionary theory. The first is determined because they imagine the "other side" thinks "whites are good" and the latter because they think "roles determined by sex are good." They simply invert it and then argue for its moral social necessity. Because progressive must be the opposite of conservative like good opposes evil.

They have no interest in defending the absurd position, for example that skin color is evidence for moral value, but they also worry that allowing the actual evidence allows people to make the wrong choice. To use the genetics example, as shown by the paranoia over Sydney Sweeney, that people will look at genetics and automatically come to the moral conclusion that whites are superior. As such, it's necessary to either attack genetics as a concept or make any knowledge derived from it morally suspect. You see the same thing with sex in the trans arguments.

It underpins essentially their entire anti-democratic worldview. They look at the state of the world, see imperfection and conclude complete failure, subconsciously they know this is the result of the infinite choices of the masses including themselves. Therefore the only solution is to deny everyone choice and only allow them to make the correct choices. Then perfection will flow into existence because there's no such thing as unintended consequences. It's something with a long legacy in our philosophy: Plato, Rosseau, the entire Marxist line, etc.

Sure thing, boss.

[HaughtyFrank]

Starting to think the real reason they got mad about the Sydney Sweeney ad was because it stated that certain physical traits are inherited from your parents.

But seriously, what an insane position to take. The same people who make everything about race now claim there's no genetic inheritance? Then what was wrong with Rachel Doazel?

[HaughtyFrank]

[Ribosome]

Merry Christmas!

[imsotired]

Good news black people, there's no reason to worry about sickle cells anymore.

Also good news white people because it's not racist anymore to allocate too little research towards sickle cells

You can literally tell people's ancestry by looking at their bones.  All this person is doing is using semantics about the meaning of the word race to obfuscate.

[Uncle]

don't look at my bones those are private

[BIONIC]

don't look at my bones those are private

Please look at my boner though

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

don't look at my bones those are private

Post your x-rays.

[benji]

What's Uncle hiding from us? Why won't he show us?

[HaughtyFrank]

[benji]

Listening, learning.

[HaughtyFrank]

[benji]

Thinking about this one, which got me to go back and look at the all the replies. Nobody seemed to notice that he essentially says Ukraine was last "okay" (or at least not "being destroyed") when it was literally occupied by Russia.

[HaughtyFrank]

[Alpacx]