13K reactions · 538 comments | Gill: “Mr. Gonzalez, BlackRock has a scholarship exclusively for diverse students. That’s their words. What do you think diverse means in that context?” Gonzalez: “Yeah... Actually, diversity should mean that you have people of diverse backgrounds. Often enough, diverse means members of any of the so-called marginalized groups alone, without any participation by Asian Americans or white Americans.” Gill: “That seems discriminatory, does it not?” Gonzalez: “And as Ms. Feltscher said, it’s not just discriminatory, it’s also illegal and immoral.” Gill: “We see this across the corporate world. Starbucks has a training program for employees limited to, quote, ‘Black, Indigenous, and peoples of color, BIPOC, partners.’ Do you think that’s discriminatory?” Gonzalez: “...and illegal. I think the corporate world - I agree with Ms. Feltscher - I think the corporate world is, in fact, trying to move away. I’ve heard many anecdotes of this.” Gill: “Their goal at the time was for BIPOC representation to be at least 30% at all corporate levels and at least 40% at all retail and manufacturing roles by 2025. That sounds like a racial quota, doesn’t it?” Gonzalez: “Right. That’s a quota, that’s illegal, that’s immoral.” | Brandon Gill
[0:00]Mr. Gonzalez, BlackRock has a scholarship exclusively for a diverse student.
[0:05]That's their words.
[0:06]What do you think diverse means in that context?
[0:11]Yeah, that is actually diversity should mean that you have people of diverse backgrounds.
[0:17]Often enough, diverse means members of any of the so-called marginalized groups alone,
[0:24]without any participation by Asian Americans or white Americans.
[0:28]That seems discriminatory, does it not?
[0:31]And as Ms. Felcher said, it's not just discriminatory.
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In deze video wordt een kritische analyse gegeven van diversiteitsprogramma's in het bedrijfsleven, zoals die van BlackRock en Starbucks. De sprekers betogen dat deze initiatieven, die exclusief geric…