lostwolf
Just doesn't shut up
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I worry that a lot of people feel alienated by the D&I discourse / lobby and end up taking positions they otherwise wouldn't take.
For example, it looks to me like some sort of racism (the insidious sort) plays a part here in ensuring black people (not 'BAME': there are negligible numbers of British Asians playing top level football) don't get the same opportunities. It's unclear to what extent the racial variable is relevant or extranious, but it's a factor, no doubt. However, some folk, as I say perhaps alienated by the way these things are discussed and certain groups blamed, almost instinctively jump in with both feet to argue against. As someone else said, the intenet has poisoned debate.
(I would like to know though, before treating this as fact, whether the report cited in the article has been peer reviewed, and if not what the methodology was and what biases the authors may have. Not to invalidate it, just to know what class of evidence we're looking at here.)
For example, it looks to me like some sort of racism (the insidious sort) plays a part here in ensuring black people (not 'BAME': there are negligible numbers of British Asians playing top level football) don't get the same opportunities. It's unclear to what extent the racial variable is relevant or extranious, but it's a factor, no doubt. However, some folk, as I say perhaps alienated by the way these things are discussed and certain groups blamed, almost instinctively jump in with both feet to argue against. As someone else said, the intenet has poisoned debate.
(I would like to know though, before treating this as fact, whether the report cited in the article has been peer reviewed, and if not what the methodology was and what biases the authors may have. Not to invalidate it, just to know what class of evidence we're looking at here.)