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BarrySix t1_iu9ned6 wrote

Reply to comment by Theyna in Microsoft’s first median pay report shows racial gaps in top jobs by AP24inMumbai

You are proposing equality of outcome, not equality of opportunity. The difference is pretty significant.

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MyPacman t1_iuakywh wrote

Being on the rung below is not equality of opportunity.

When the outcome regularly has the guy who works 80+ Hours, goes golfing with the boss, or has some other 'in' to socialising with him, then that is not equality of opportunity.

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BarrySix t1_iucjx75 wrote

Sadly it's not simple to measure equality of opportunity. You can't say "there are fewer male nurses therefore there isn't equality of opportunity".

It's very easy to measure equality of outcome, which is why it's so common to use it as some kind of proxy for equality of opportunity.

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