tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6356363460965043698.post5363630704546740295..comments2023-12-24T00:52:24.736+00:00Comments on Jody Stowell: when the best person for the job is always a bloke...Jody Stowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15534042687275254272noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6356363460965043698.post-85432762231648459902010-06-28T14:41:02.328+01:002010-06-28T14:41:02.328+01:00well i guess for a start you would have to ask her...well i guess for a start you would have to ask her for her own opinion on it - she may see it as very affirming that people have bothered to look beyond themselves to someone like her, or not, as you say.<br /><br />you say 'can't we look beyond class, colour and gender?!' - well that's just my point!, most people do not, or cannot, or do not even bother to ask the question.<br /><br />a succession of white middle class men to me actually suggests that people haven't done the work to look beyond class, colour and gender.<br /><br />and when the best *person* for the job always turns out to be a white middle class bloke, it doesn't take much a of a leap to make the assumption that white middle class blokes are the best people for the job...or the best people, full stop....Jody Stowellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15534042687275254272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6356363460965043698.post-66622509153951758982010-06-28T13:37:10.213+01:002010-06-28T13:37:10.213+01:00I don't think it's particularly affirming ...I don't think it's particularly affirming for the woman involved to know that she's been picked for non-meritocratic reasons! It just leads to a two-tier system - people who've got jobs justly (i.e. because they're the most qualified), and people who've got the jobs unjustly (i.e. because they tick a diversity quota). There's nothing wrong with a succession of white middle class men if they're good at what they do - can't we look beyond class, colour and gender?!AnglicanBrowsernoreply@blogger.com