Comments on: Metro’s Diversity Problem http://dcentric.wamu.org/jp/metros-diversity-problem/ Race, Class, The District. Mon, 16 Jul 2012 03:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Anonymous http://dcentric.wamu.org/jp/metros-diversity-problem/#comment-1410 Anonymous Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:08:00 +0000 http://dcentric.wamu.org/?post_type=jiffypost&p=14963#comment-1410 That is an odd article. It seems to be tying together two unrelated things: 1) a lack of diversity and 2) a "don't rock the boat" culture that jeopardizes passenger safety. (The Washington Times being what it is, I am suspicious they are deliberately attempting to link those things and imply there's some sort of black workplace culture in effect. The commenters at the Times site are certainly going there.) As someone who commutes daily via subway and also rides the bus regularly, I find #2 very troubling. #1, honestly, doesn't get me as excited -- white women, in general, have been the biggest beneficiaries of affirmative action, discrimination at WMATA notwithstanding. I do find the Union president's quote kinda hilarious. It certainly doesn't suggest she welcomes white or Hispanic applicants -- I would think someone trying to refute allegations of discrimination would make an effort to sound less hostile. That is an odd article. It seems to be tying together two unrelated things: 1) a lack of diversity and 2) a “don’t rock the boat” culture that jeopardizes passenger safety. (The Washington Times being what it is, I am suspicious they are deliberately attempting to link those things and imply there’s some sort of black workplace culture in effect. The commenters at the Times site are certainly going there.)

As someone who commutes daily via subway and also rides the bus regularly, I find #2 very troubling. #1, honestly, doesn’t get me as excited — white women, in general, have been the biggest beneficiaries of affirmative action, discrimination at WMATA notwithstanding.

I do find the Union president’s quote kinda hilarious. It certainly doesn’t suggest she welcomes white or Hispanic applicants — I would think someone trying to refute allegations of discrimination would make an effort to sound less hostile.

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