Winston has been against preferential treatment based on race, gender or ethnicity for a very long time, so I don't think it's fair to say he is following Trump.

I wish he'd stop saying woke though, he sounds like an absolute fool.

[–] eagleeyedtiger 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I guess that's fair to say, but doesn't mean he's right.

For example, the legislation would amend Section 44 “to remove the Public Service Commissioner’s duty to develop a workforce that reflects societal diversity”.

That seems like a good thing to have in the Public Service? I mean I'd love to see proof that any old unqualified person off the street are getting public service jobs because of their race or gender? Allowing for diversity isn't the same as hiring unqualified applicants, considering they are serving a diverse public.

[–] BalpeenHammer 1 points 1 day ago

Look at all the mates John Key hired to top ranking government positions. They weren't the most qualified, they were just friends of John.

DEI.

[–] Ilovethebomb 1 points 2 days ago (3 children)

One downside to those programs, in my view, is if someone is a minority working in one of those organisations, but is genuinely there on their own merits, there's a possibility of them being thought of as a "diversity hire" regardless.

[–] BalpeenHammer 1 points 1 day ago

https://lemmy.nz/post/20086162/14055436

[–] BalpeenHammer 1 points 2 days ago

Seems like an odd thing to worry about. I would worry more about all those pakeha getting jobs only because they are mates or the guy in charge or went to the same school as them or because they like the same team.

Look at how many mates John Key hired into top level positions. To nobody's surprise they were all white because apparently he has no non white mates.

[–] eagleeyedtiger 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah that's possible I guess.

[–] BalpeenHammer 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's possible because kiwis are racist.

When they see a brown person working at a job they don't think "this person had to work much harder than a white person to overcome the racism in this country to get this job" they think "A brown person can never be qualified for this job so they got it because a white person felt sorry for them or was forced to hire them because of DEI".

In mean time the HR manager is throwing away every CV with a name (s)he doesn't recognise as being European.

[–] eagleeyedtiger 1 points 1 day ago

I don't deny there is lots of casual racism here. I'm originally from south east asia but grew up here and experienced it from all colours of people. However, it's definitely a lot less now that I'm older or maybe because there are many more migrants here than there was 30 years ago. Although the name thing rings true in some regards, especially with chinese/indian/muslim sounding names, a lot of times they assume they can't speak English. I'm lucky enough that my name isn't particularly asian sounding, and I'm sure I've landed job interviews in the past because of it.

[–] BalpeenHammer 2 points 2 days ago

All you are saying is that he was practicing trumpism before trump became famous.