Workplaces for the Crayola Enthusiast.
My material artifact is three pieces of paper, each with the word "RESUME" written on them. What seperates each sheet is their color. One white, one black, and one yellow. You may have guessed it, but these pieces of paper symbolize a resume from a white, black, and asian person. What I would like to talk about is affirmitave action, more so related to the workplace.
In a nut shell, our country decided it was necassary to find another way to put a foot down on racial discrimination, and this time they took it to the workplace. How does one do this you ask? Well by broadening the color spectrum. Employing the person that does the job well is so outdated, diversity is in. They also say a happy workplace makes a more productive workplace, and what better way to turn those frowns upside down, than by adding some color (because culture has nothing to do with ethnicity)? It's a fault proof plan, since a smart, hard-working workplace makes us really sad, right? Well here are my thoughts on affirmative action:
This is your workplace.
This is your workplace on affirmitave action.
(MS Paint is awesome)
In my first picture everyone is white, which I'm not implying all workers should be white, but what I am implying is companies are actually going out of there way to make sure the white to minority ratio reaches somewhat of an equilibrium.
Disregard the fact this should apply outside the workplace as well, but I don't care what ethnicity you are, as long as you get the job done, and done well. Who honestly thinks, "Man I'm sure glad my company hires a more diverse workforce, rather than the best workers. They sure know how to be productive." If I was working for that company, I'd be putting my two weeks in ASAP, because I'd think I was working for morons. Much like the "Blame Model," described by Marion Young in her essay "From Guilt to Solidarity: Sweatshops and Political Responsibility," affirmative action works backwards than forward. We want to push forward, and perceive people only as people, but affirmative action takes that goal and pulls a 180 on it, giving people labels such as black, white, and asian.
In a nut shell, our country decided it was necassary to find another way to put a foot down on racial discrimination, and this time they took it to the workplace. How does one do this you ask? Well by broadening the color spectrum. Employing the person that does the job well is so outdated, diversity is in. They also say a happy workplace makes a more productive workplace, and what better way to turn those frowns upside down, than by adding some color (because culture has nothing to do with ethnicity)? It's a fault proof plan, since a smart, hard-working workplace makes us really sad, right? Well here are my thoughts on affirmative action:
This is your workplace.
This is your workplace on affirmitave action.
(MS Paint is awesome)
In my first picture everyone is white, which I'm not implying all workers should be white, but what I am implying is companies are actually going out of there way to make sure the white to minority ratio reaches somewhat of an equilibrium.
Disregard the fact this should apply outside the workplace as well, but I don't care what ethnicity you are, as long as you get the job done, and done well. Who honestly thinks, "Man I'm sure glad my company hires a more diverse workforce, rather than the best workers. They sure know how to be productive." If I was working for that company, I'd be putting my two weeks in ASAP, because I'd think I was working for morons. Much like the "Blame Model," described by Marion Young in her essay "From Guilt to Solidarity: Sweatshops and Political Responsibility," affirmative action works backwards than forward. We want to push forward, and perceive people only as people, but affirmative action takes that goal and pulls a 180 on it, giving people labels such as black, white, and asian.
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