Discrimination can also be natural, not always by greedy humans.
It's a bit like Climate change that is ongoing but humans do their darnest to make sure the damage is greater than it needs to be !

Westpac is one of the most woke organisations in this country. They 'prided' themselves on supporting same sex 'marriage', gender diversity, feminist issues, not lending to coal etc etc etc. Meanwhile they had been assisting the laundering of money for peadophile rings while congratulating themselves on their wokeness. Very similar to democrats, Greens and Hollywood.

Runner- I did some research recently on Hollywood and its creation including the big four companies- Paramount, Columbia, Warner Bros, RKO- and their founders. Fascinating.

Certainly doesn't seem to be " 'propaganda' of the people, by the people, for the people". Some would call it "Entry-ism".

We perhaps need to return to the idea that the majority of the ideas that we consume should be our own- for our own survival. Only we care about our own interest. "Whiplash"- this is the basis of democracy- it makes us realise too that monarchs being dependent on their subjects- and compared to an age of globalisation- were fairly democratic in a sense.

You can't achieve diversity quotas without discrimination!

Thread has been used to promote the usual bigotry and other things some hold views about
But the question is clear, in fact show me one forced position filling event that saw the best person get the job
Right now the Rugby federation has a woman dumped in to the job, that is not even aware of the game she over looks
Best person always

Assembly Line Human,
> Many companies try to achieve diversity targets, but how else can you
> do this, without some form of racial/ethnic/sexual discrimination?
By looking at what's preventing those targets being met, and taking steps to fix those problems.

Targets are not quotas and shouldn't be treated as such; there's no need to need to resort to discrimination to meet them.

I would like to know how this situation began in the first place.
I have been preaching for years of the fact that men and women, for that matter other races and creeds all differ from each other in one way or another.
We are humans not robots.
Simply saying a company must hire half women and half men, is ludicrous to say the least.
What's next an even mix of Christians, Muslims and the rest of the religions.
I have experienced exactly what this topic is about.
I set up a company/business in Malaysia, and was told that I had to focus on hiring the Malays.
I had three sectors, one was stripping the vehicle and reassembling it upon completion.
The next stage was the fabricating/welding.
The next stage was the final paint and then refit.
What I found was that the Chinese were very good at welding/fabricating.
The Indians were very good at painting/finishing.
Unfortunately the Malays were, at best mediocre and really did not want to be there, they took turns in sleeping in the prayer room, which they MUST be allowed to pray as they are instructed to do five times a day.
So you can imagine my reaction when I was told to up the Malay numbers.
As luck would have it, not long after, I sold up and came back home after two and a half years of a successful and interesting business and an exciting part of my life's journey.
So any interference from govts or anyone, for that matter, to dictate to businesses is not welcome and should be stopped.
For those who are so invested in some moronic union or govt to force businesses to heel, should remember that there are already a million laws and directives interfering with businesses.
Discrimination?
I say; bring it on