Hiring (especially grantmakers and other positions of power)
Funding sources and recipients
Community outreach/recruitment
I think that we should expect diversity if our hiring practises are fair and so that there isn’t suggests we need to do more work. I sense that diversity leads to better decisionmaking and that’s what we should want. I am somewhat against “selecting for diversity” though open to the discussion.
If we adopt some sort of meritocratic system based on knowledge/ability (which many would see as “fair”) I don’t think this would lead to very diverse hiring. I think it would lead to the hiring we currently see and which OP doesn’t like.
I tentatively think the only way to get diversity is to select for diversity. Diversity does have some instrumental benefit so not saying we shouldn’t do this, at least to some extent.
I think that we should expect diversity if our hiring practises are fair and so that there isn’t suggests we need to do more work. I sense that diversity leads to better decisionmaking and that’s what we should want. I am somewhat against “selecting for diversity” though open to the discussion.
What do you mean by “fair” in this context?
If we adopt some sort of meritocratic system based on knowledge/ability (which many would see as “fair”) I don’t think this would lead to very diverse hiring. I think it would lead to the hiring we currently see and which OP doesn’t like.
I tentatively think the only way to get diversity is to select for diversity. Diversity does have some instrumental benefit so not saying we shouldn’t do this, at least to some extent.