Affirmative Action is now dead

[Sangre Naranjada]

And they are all boys. Can't have that. Noooooooo.

 

[mchammer]

Minnesota Law School Drops Exclusion Of Whites And Males From Diversity Scholarship | ZeroHedge

 

[mchammer]

University of Minnesota faces backlash over summer research program restricted to non-white applicants

 

[Mr. Deez]

Ruffo absolutely decimated Mark Cuban (who's a throbbing tool), so of course, he learned nothing.

 

[Horn6721]

Wade's version is hilarious
Yet the real exchange is not less silly.

 

[mchammer]

Ruffo absolutely decimated Mark Cuban (who's a throbbing tool), so of course, he learned nothing.

You are being way too kind to Cuban.

 

[Monahorns]

Cuban redefined equality of outcome as equality of opportunity in order to dodge Rufo on this. It is odd how smart people can do such dumb things, but I guess we all do it.

What I found even more odd was Cuban's insistence that DEI improved the bottom line of companies who implement it. If that were truly the case you wouldn't need DEI to implement equity. But we all know it destroys organizations, so not sure what data he is looking at.

 

[Horn6721]

And notice Cuban did not give names of CEOs so it could be verified

 

[guy4321]

And notice Cuban did not give names of CEOs so it could be verified

Every CEO of a large company is going to say DEI works so that liberals don't attack.

 

[Horn6721]

Guy
Yes they will but will their financial statements reflect that?

 

[mchammer]

Guy
Yes they will but will their financial statements reflect that?

 

[Mr. Deez]

You are being way too kind to Cuban.

So "throbbing tool" is too kind?

 

[Sangre Naranjada]

So "throbbing tool" is too kind?

Flaccid tool might be the angle he was looking for.

 

[mchammer]

So "throbbing tool" is too kind?

It implies some sort of functionality and usefulness to society. Cuban is a brain dead zombie.

 

[Mr. Deez]

It implies some sort of functionality and usefulness to society. Cuban is a brain dead zombie.

That's actually a pretty good point. And my apologies to the throbbing tools out there with whom I associated with Mark Cuban. You all are better than he.

 

[guy4321]

It implies some sort of functionality and usefulness to society. Cuban is a brain dead zombie.

That's actually a pretty good point. And my apologies to the throbbing tools out there with whom I associated with Mark Cuban. You all are better than he.

Counterpoint: Mark Cuban gave us this meme

 

[horninchicago]

Counterpoint: Mark Cuban gave us this meme

If he was the last one making me an offer, I would counter with something so absurd he would bow out.

 

[mchammer]

Counterpoint: Mark Cuban gave us this meme

He was writing down his first original thought of his life.

 

[ViperHorn]

If he was the last one making me an offer, I would counter with something so absurd he would bow out.

No. He would match the higher offer - and then brag about how he swindled you.

 

[mchammer]

 

[mchammer]

 

[Mr. Deez]

It was a racist comment, but she was actually talking about a Biden Administration official who pretty much is a white guy who's failing up. The guy runs the FDIC and is a dumpster fire but for some reason stays on the job forever.

 

[Sangre Naranjada]

The guy runs the FDIC and is a dumpster fire but for some reason stays on the job forever.

How is this not true of ALL federal bureaucrats?

 

[Mr. Deez]

How is this not true of ALL federal bureaucrats?

There are a lot of different kinds of people in the federal workforce. They're not all the same. Some are truly conscientious employees trying to do a good job. They're working as hard as any other employee. Not a lot of these, but they do exist.

Probably most are mediocre. They're doing their jobs ok but aren't excelling or impressing anybody. Some were always like this. Others used to be in the previous class but got burned out and apathetic once they realized it didn't matter how well they did their jobs.

And then of course a significant number are lazy and unproductive but aren't doing anything specific and verifiable that would get them or their agency into trouble. They're doing their jobs just well enough not to get canned (a very low standard in the government sector).

And then you have ones who are active troublemakers. They're doing or knowingly tolerating unethical or illegal things or things that are getting their agency into big political or legal trouble. It's actually not that big of a group, but even a small number of them can cause a hell of a lot of trouble, especially if they're powerful. The guy she's scolding fits in this category.

 

[Sangre Naranjada]

Mediocre and lazy/unproductive accounts for 90%+, I'd wager.

 

[guy4321]

You've just described large private companies too.

 

[mchammer]

Mediocre and lazy/unproductive accounts for 90%+, I'd wager.

I’d wager the 80/20 rule.

 

[Sangre Naranjada]

You've just described large private companies too.

Unionized, probably true.

 

[mchammer]

 

[Sangre Naranjada]

Grifters.