University of Texas says "meritocratic" hiring is a "problem"
http://www.thecollegefix.com/university-of-texas-says-meritocratic-hiring-is-a-problem/
Looking for the best and the brightest is no way to hire. It harms minority groups.
This message is promoted by the Office of Inclusive Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Texas-Austin, which was launched last month to tackle "the income inequality gap for overlooked communities."
It's intended to facilitate entrepreneurship among "underrepresented founders" so that "new for-profit sustainable ventures can be launched that will uplift communities."
In order to do this, companies must move away from a "meritocratic way of hiring," which is a "problem":
The major issue with this approach is that if you limit your scope to a certain segment of the population and claim that is all the talent you can find, of course, you are going to remain blind to highly talented diverse candidates who often graduate from non-ivy league, non-traditional institutions. Companies have been delegating diversity as an afterthought and only now are they giving it more of a second look. However, there are new companies who understand the importance of diversity, are nimble, and not entrenched in old systemic thinking. They are the companies creating opportunities for diverse talent to drive new innovations and initiatives. Those who embrace immigrants also see a huge drive in return on investment. We inherently cannot have an innovative company that is not committed to bringing innovators from outside of their circle of influence.
Uh ... hate to break it to you morons, but you just advocated for hiring based on ... wait for it ... "meritocratic hiring." Yep ... what you just described was a hiring method of exploring all available communities to find candidates who are most qualified to successfully fulfill the open position. If businesses do not use a "meritocratic way of hiring," then they are simply hiring based on a person's race or other irrelevant criteria that have absolutely no bearing whatsoever on their ability to be successful in the job ... which will obviously have disastrous results.
WOW ... I wonder how much money UT pissed away on the undeserving, unqualified pinheads who make up this newly launched "Office," eh? The University should demand its money back, right away - with interest!
The office doesn't explain how failing to look for job candidates who merit consideration is a problem of meritocracy, as opposed to an absence of meritocracy.
It was launched by Leonard Moore, UT vice president for diversity and community engagement, to "serve as a bridge and an example for the entire community on how both private and public interests can work together to address the disparity and inequity wealth gap between communities."
Ah, I see ... Vice President Moore's novel solution is to publicly babble and bloviate like an incoherent, retarded buffoon.
The page was highlighted Monday by Stop the Insanity at UT, a Facebook group started by UT law graduate Mark Pulliam in September to highlight "the speech codes, diversity team, and professor quotas" at his alma mater.
Mark Pulliam:
The University of Texas has discovered the key to income inequality and other economic disparities in America: meritocratic hiring. This is an actual quote from the UT website: "The problem is that in the past companies have advocated for a meritocratic way of hiring."
8:55 AM - Nov 12, 2018
Andrew D. Leonie:
Yeah. Can you imagine any system where hiring and advancement or even selling and buying was based on merit or quality. Oh the horror!!
9:21 AM - Nov 12, 2018
Time for UT to make Vice President Moore walk around campus, wherever he goes, wearing a beanie with a propeller on top.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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