@brodehouse said:
@denzelflossington said:
i think that the not-so big jump in logic here that a few folks are missing is that making the extra effort to seek out women/people of color during the hiring process is NOT "discrimination"/"reverse racism"/"reverse sexism"/"tokenism"/whatever other word you use to signify how uncomfortable you are with marginalized groups in more influential positions.
See, I want to really hold this up as an example. I state that when I see people discriminated against for their sex, race or orientation (or anything else like age, marital status, religion, etc) it makes me upset, and when I'm discriminated against, it hurts me as much as it would hurt anyone else. I am stating publicly that I am not invulnerable, I can be discriminated against, I recognize how negative it is, and I don't want discrimination.
However, what this really means is that I'm uncomfortable with seeing a minority in a position of authority. By expressing my distaste for discrimination and asking for it not to be applied to me, I am told that I'm being actively bigoted.
That's quite the leap of logic you're making there.
I am what people would consider a privileged white guy. I can't really change that, because I am white, and I have to admit that I have been pretty fortunate in life, all things considered. Seeing discrimination makes me upset, but while there may be a certain amount of discrimination against white men, it's not nearly in any way comparable to the discrimination that other groups suffer now or have suffered in the past. When people see Giant Bomb, a site that was already comprised entirely of white men in the very exclusive club that is the game journalism establishment, hire two more white men that are well-established in the field, that's disappointing.
I don't consider it racist or sexist in any way that they went with Dan and Jason. However, I am disappointed that they went to the rolodexed establishment rather than any of the numerous other voices that put in their applications, whether their experience came from smaller game websites, Youtube, or what have you. As TruthTellah suggested in another thread, hiring a young lady with an active interest in Nintendo would have really shaken things up, which is something I think Giant Bomb really needs. More diverse voices. Whether that be a woman that likes Nintendo or a black guy that has an encyclopedic knowledge or JRPGs, it doesn't really matter. I just wanted to see someone honestly, truly new. Expressing such a desire doesn't make me bigoted toward my own race or gender because that is a patently ridiculous notion.
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