On 19/03/2013 12:59, Margaret Wasserman wrote:
On Mar 12, 2013, at 2:24 PM, Dan Harkins <dharkins(_at_)lounge(_dot_)org> wrote:
I'd love to get out of this rat hole. Perhaps the signatories of the
open letter can restate the problem they see so it isn't made in terms of
race and gender.
The letter specifically mentioned the axes of race, gender, geographic location
and corporate affiliation, so the letter was not only about race and gender.
Other people have mentioned other pertinent axes in the e-mail discussion, such
as industry segment and background/experience.
I don't think it is possible for remove race and gender from the list of axes,
though, since there is a notable lack of diversity in those areas.
Margaret
As I pointed out on an earlier thread, the relevant EU policy body,
which I assume has a lot of expertise on this, defines the following
protected characteristics, i.e. characteristics that you are NOT
permitted to discriminate on in the EU:
Age
Disability
Gender reassignment
Marriage and civil partnership
Pregnancy and maternity
Race
Religion and belief
Sex
Sexual orientation
If we are going to have an itemized list of diversity characteristics,
we should not pick and choose, we should include the full list.
Stewart