The Surprising Solution to Workplace Diversity | Arwa Mahdawi | TEDxHamburg

Поділитися
Вставка
  • Опубліковано 10 січ 2025

КОМЕНТАРІ •

  • @FIXTAB
    @FIXTAB 5 років тому +253

    11.39 ! For any of those who are doing college assignments on this one. 11.39 is the timecode where she starts talking about solutions to diversity)

    • @jamesyang4898
      @jamesyang4898 5 років тому +8

      Imagine how much last minute turn-ins with minority-emplotment websites written as an answer.

    • @lemonsarebitter2069
      @lemonsarebitter2069 4 роки тому +3

      11:39

    • @syedamehreenahmed6827
      @syedamehreenahmed6827 4 роки тому +6

      ugh lifesaver thanks so much

    • @americanace96
      @americanace96 4 роки тому +9

      Not all heroes wear capes. Some are just your regular college student trying to get buy in life.

    • @otot1812
      @otot1812 4 роки тому +4

      i seriously LOVE YOU

  • @cookingwithbryan3015
    @cookingwithbryan3015 4 роки тому +414

    who else is here because of a school assignment?

    • @x1flyhigh452
      @x1flyhigh452 4 роки тому

      !!

    • @edwardk3
      @edwardk3 4 роки тому +27

      Why would thirds be taught in school? This is not about how to think, but rather, it teaches "what to think"
      In other words, you are being indoctrinated. Worse, indoctrinated to hate white males...

    • @Romany1111
      @Romany1111 4 роки тому +6

      @@edwardk3 Awwww, felling shriveled again, junior? Geez, the smallest mention of women and minorities triggers you fruitcakes.

    • @gaussminigun
      @gaussminigun 4 роки тому +6

      @@Romany1111 nice cope there bud

    • @Romany1111
      @Romany1111 4 роки тому +1

      @@gaussminigun Thanks, Rail.

  • @TheLivirus
    @TheLivirus 3 роки тому +115

    Another facet of superficial diversity is that it tends to focus on appearance, nationality, gender, race, identity, etc. Real diversity is about personality, perspective and opinion. Just because people look different doesn't mean they are different. As is often cited against racism: variance within a population is generally greater than variance between populations. Let's treat each other as the individuals we are.

    • @davidknn2
      @davidknn2 3 роки тому +4

      Well said

    • @chrisf1600
      @chrisf1600 3 роки тому +6

      Well said, but corporate diversity is largely about avoiding the risk of being sued and therefore the entire focus must be on superficial measures.

    • @cerridianempire1653
      @cerridianempire1653 3 роки тому +2

      as Brian the messiah once said: "You are all individuals"

    • @4u2cre8
      @4u2cre8 3 роки тому +7

      But those "superficial" traits are the things that racism, discrimination, and exclusion are usually based on. Hiring an all-white workforce who just have different personalities isn't diversity.

    • @TheLivirus
      @TheLivirus 3 роки тому +6

      ​@@4u2cre8 Well, what is more diverse? A: a group of exclusively white people from different nations, social classes, educational systems, religions, cultures, ages, and political affiliations. Or, B: an ethnically diverse group of Harvard students? Given that ethnicity says little about an individual, we better focus our efforts elsewhere.

  • @ryan7864
    @ryan7864 6 років тому +107

    A solution searching for a problem

    • @Skersaroony
      @Skersaroony 5 років тому +6

      well said

    • @jamesyang4898
      @jamesyang4898 5 років тому +1

      Ahhh, I see what you did there.

    • @hks4133
      @hks4133 4 роки тому +2

      Well said - you summed it up the best way possible.
      Imagine a diversity TED talk in Hamburg... I thought that would be about how Bavarians are so different from Prussians... LOL

  • @LordSantiagor
    @LordSantiagor 8 років тому +51

    If you use superficial metrics, you will incentivize superficial action. Business 101.
    Of course government policies make prejudices worse, because they are prejudicial. Doesn't help anyone.

  • @-simplicity7551
    @-simplicity7551 7 років тому +90

    I believe this is the only video I've saved just for the appreciation of the comment section. Diversity is constantly being measured by superficial details, shouldn't in the workforce it be about individuals? You can't generalize diversity, and these days it's literally been reduced to a liberal buzzword.

    • @hellogoodbye4061
      @hellogoodbye4061 5 років тому +19

      @do br where I work, we do not have any diversity hires, but yet we still have blacks, Asians, women, all that stuff, and nobody resents each other because everyone was hired based on merit, not some quota system to overcome some perceived oppression....hard work in both education and the work place will pay dividends in the long run, diversity hiring is just a short term fix and often sets people up to fail. Quit playing the "faced obstacles" and "you white people" victim card and try to make something of yourself and not have it handed it to you. Being a professional victim will never get you anywhere and must be terribly depressing...stop begging the government to "save you from all this white people oppression."

    • @borkug1566
      @borkug1566 4 роки тому +1

      @do br Then fight for fairness and tolerance. Diversity is not a goal in itself. It's just a state.

    • @landubi9497
      @landubi9497 4 роки тому +1

      @@hellogoodbye4061 are you the HR manager to be sure of your statement that diversity wasn't considered in the hiring process of where you work?

    • @rebelraccoon9018
      @rebelraccoon9018 Рік тому

      ​@@hellogoodbye4061👏 well said.

  • @davidnguyen270
    @davidnguyen270 4 роки тому +63

    Let me summarize for you all:
    1) blind audition/interview process focused on talent alone
    2) speak up when it's too homogeneous
    3) prove the profit value (or insert value here) for the case of having a diverse workforce
    4) stop calling it diversity -- tokenism doesn't work
    Have a great day!

  • @mikevincent6332
    @mikevincent6332 6 років тому +91

    Where are these case studies showing how diversity adds to the profitability of a company?

    • @marcosreal11
      @marcosreal11 5 років тому +15

      It's probably diversity of thought and experience, as someone mentooned.

    • @s.murphy497
      @s.murphy497 5 років тому +6

      McKinsey has some. Why don't you research those?

    • @Dra60oN
      @Dra60oN 4 роки тому +3

      @@marcosreal11 Yes it is most likely about the diversity of thoughts and experiences. Since those kinds of people might have different points of views of the same thing, they have a good opportunity to synergize and come up with a new, creative product.

    • @ascensionblade
      @ascensionblade 4 роки тому +3

      they might just mean companies that are coincidentally diverse. For example, imagine a hypothetical software company that happens to employ many Asian and white folks. Such a company could have easily hired solely based on merit without regard for shallow characteristics.

    • @bharathsf
      @bharathsf 4 роки тому +7

      Diversity as an identity doesn't work I can attest to that. Because they are "diversity" candidates, they just don't work and take everything for granted

  • @CitrusOranges
    @CitrusOranges 5 років тому +120

    What happened to hiring based on ability regardless of skin color?

    • @CitrusOranges
      @CitrusOranges 5 років тому +30

      @do br If the 'white man is the right man for the job', why dont we see it in basketball?

    • @tlo9966
      @tlo9966 5 років тому +5

      @@CitrusOranges Exactly.

    • @emmanuelgallegos5867
      @emmanuelgallegos5867 5 років тому +5

      anyone who watched the whole video can tell you didn't based on this comment

    • @thedaily3900
      @thedaily3900 4 роки тому +2

      Skin color usually (not always) leads to a difference in perspective and nationality. The issue starts with people believing it’s only about skin color, when in reality they way you were raised, where you were raised, what culture you were brought up in can or your perspective from the inside of a marginalized group gives a whole other perspective/experience the average white man can & will never experience

    • @4u2cre8
      @4u2cre8 4 роки тому +1

      @@CitrusOranges Bad example. Basketball players are chosen based on sheer talent and ability, whereas employees in other professions are often chosen based on things that have nothing to do with talent/merit, such as having a connection at the company, or something subjective such as the hiring manager has a "good feeling" about them, or they're a "good culture fit", or they remind him or her of themselves.

  • @enkidu001
    @enkidu001 9 місяців тому +3

    After reading what and how she wrote about Huberman, i was 99% sure she has that job because of DEI. God, i was good.

  • @stevealbert5350
    @stevealbert5350 6 років тому +107

    The flip side of diversity is discrimination?? That’s not true. Her whole lecture is based on a false claim. Diversity of the workplace based on anything but merit is discriminatory.

    •  6 років тому +15

      Since I think the cat is out of the bag that 'diversity' is right-speak for 'anti-white' and 'anti-men', I think the truth is common knowledge now. Diversity IS discrimination.

    • @czos9239
      @czos9239 5 років тому +5

      Check out her wide-ranging blogging "career." It's a one dimensional rail the whole way thru.

    • @KJ_SC
      @KJ_SC 4 роки тому +4

      @@trs4437 hahaha two of her recent articles were about Ivanka's and AOC's hairstyles at "one of the world's leading newspapers, The Guardian" hahahaha the same communist propaganda site that begs for gold coin donations to keep their far-left propaganda in business.

    • @gaussminigun
      @gaussminigun 4 роки тому +2

      @@trs4437 imagine thinking of he guardian in a positive light

  • @5280BLM
    @5280BLM 6 місяців тому +3

    Robert Putnam proved that workplace diversity is detrimental.

  •  6 років тому +10

    If I were a woman or a 'POC' who landed my dream job these days, I think I'd be privately asking myself if I was just hired for that fact. And I'd be wondering if all my colleagues were thinking the same too.

  • @causesosasaidso6514
    @causesosasaidso6514 2 роки тому +6

    My sweetest fantasy would be hearing you give Ted Talks on how things should be from an alternate universe populated exclusively by people you can't blame.

  • @borkug1566
    @borkug1566 4 роки тому +6

    Diversity is not a goal in itself. It's just a state. It should not be pursued explicitly. It should just be accepted and welcomed when it happens organically.
    Some examples of meaningful goals are tolerance and fairness.

    • @christophergraves6725
      @christophergraves6725 4 місяці тому

      Racial, linguistic and cultural diversity should not be welcomed. As Robert Putnam has found, diversity leads to social isolation.

  • @2729Jandr
    @2729Jandr Рік тому +5

    As a straight white man named John I found this talk highly offensive.

  • @m.pesique5086
    @m.pesique5086 5 років тому +28

    "Racially diverse teams outperform non-diverse ones by 35%"- big stretch from the actual McKinsey study- "Racially diverse teams are 35% more likely to have financial returns above their respective national industry medians."

    • @lockandloadlikehell
      @lockandloadlikehell 5 років тому +10

      Which means 65% of the time that doesn't happen.

    • @ascensionblade
      @ascensionblade 4 роки тому

      How did they measure diversity? Can someone tell me the name or link of the study?

    • @JMAdams
      @JMAdams 4 роки тому +1

      @Greg Pettis Japan is the perfect example of the downside of uniformity. It was fine during the Industrial Age, when building widgets faster at lower cost was the key to success. Now that the world has changed, and finding creative solutions to unprecedented problems is the key, Japan is struggling. Lack of diversity leads to groupthink and lack of innovation.

    • @gaussminigun
      @gaussminigun 4 роки тому +3

      @@JMAdams you cant say if that is ACTUALLY due to lack of diversity itself though

    • @chrisf1600
      @chrisf1600 3 роки тому

      Which suggests that profitable companies simply have more cash to burn pushing "woke" nonsense and making diversity hires.

  • @digitalgods5568
    @digitalgods5568 5 років тому +24

    I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. - MLK

    • @4u2cre8
      @4u2cre8 4 роки тому +7

      (quoted most often by people who work at companies that are 99.94% white and typically only hire people who look like themselves.)

    • @adwaitab.3622
      @adwaitab.3622 4 роки тому +3

      @@4u2cre8 😂😂 well said

    • @gaussminigun
      @gaussminigun 4 роки тому +7

      @@4u2cre8 which is fine

    • @bertroost1675
      @bertroost1675 3 роки тому +4

      @@4u2cre8 Move to a place that has more of your skin color types. There are more countries non-white than white.

    • @4u2cre8
      @4u2cre8 3 роки тому

      @@bertroost1675 Why should I move? I don't have a problem hiring and working with a diverse set of people. It's those who only want to work with people that look like them that have the problem.

  • @nelacostabianco
    @nelacostabianco 4 роки тому +10

    Ironically, board meetings don't usually accomplish much on polarizing issues cuz when its all said and done, more is said than done!

  • @CS-rk9bf
    @CS-rk9bf 3 роки тому +17

    *If diversity is so good, why do you have to tell people to celebrate diversity? If diversity was great wouldn't people know to celebrate it?*
    *I never see a bumper sticker that says chocolate tastes great. Everyone knows chocolate tastes great. You don't need a bumper sticker to tell you something everyone knows.*
    *The happiest countries on earth have hardly any diversity.*

    • @konstantinosrope-maker1228
      @konstantinosrope-maker1228 2 роки тому +2

      Spot on

    • @ThereIsStillHOPE4U
      @ThereIsStillHOPE4U 2 роки тому +5

      Chocolate companies still advertise and frankly they spend more on advertising than other companies.

    • @artichokie791
      @artichokie791 2 роки тому +2

      "Celebrating diversity" doesn't mean you need to fire off firecrackers and jump up and down whenever a person of color or a member of a minority group makes it big. It means that you need to be more accepting of the differences and embrace the new perspectives that people from different backgrounds bring to the table.

    • @christophergraves6725
      @christophergraves6725 4 місяці тому

      People naturally gravitate to those more similar to themselves and avoid those who are different. When forced to be around those who are different, people shut down and turn away from all people. See Robert Putnam's research on how socially and psychologically destructive racial diversity is.

  • @j.s.5049
    @j.s.5049 3 роки тому +5

    3:37 These numbers are purely nonsensical. First of all: There are no credible studies, which imply this. And there are no jobs, where the gender of a educated and trained employee matters for the job. In a team of two engineers there is no way, they work "better" because the team is diverse.

  • @lovepeoplehu9883
    @lovepeoplehu9883 Рік тому +15

    So this is the Misandrist writer from The Guardian 😂😂😂

    • @sentiment201
      @sentiment201 3 місяці тому

      Yes, the bitter old hag is just writing out her frustrations and salty bitterness to cope. No need to take it seriously.

  • @DaveWard-xc7vd
    @DaveWard-xc7vd 4 роки тому +5

    Affirmative action creates doubts in the minds of employers which affects their hiring practices.

  • @midget_spinner8449
    @midget_spinner8449 4 роки тому +11

    Why do we only bring up diversity in white countries. But diversity in the Middle East, South America, Africa and Asia are exceptions.

    • @johannamartinez5463
      @johannamartinez5463 3 роки тому +1

      Not true. In south América we are Also doing lot of things to increase a real diversity and Inclusion

    • @sentiment201
      @sentiment201 3 місяці тому

      @@johannamartinez5463 bs😂

  • @kzmOP
    @kzmOP Рік тому +2

    What a propaganda times we live , merit based society suffering! - this shall too pass.Amen

  • @hermelaafework4007
    @hermelaafework4007 3 роки тому +3

    12:24 I totally agree with the solution she came up with because that is how we will truly accept people for the work they have done without really disqualifying or discriminating them of certain things.

  • @jackmehoff1840
    @jackmehoff1840 7 років тому +107

    Seems to me the diversity-obsession brigade don't really care about the only form of diversity that matters - the diversity of ideas and experiences.
    It's much easier instead for them to look at a lineup of candidates and assume that anyone who isn't white, or who isn't male automatically has different ideas or experience. In a way, it's kind of the most presumptive concept out there - just because someone looks different, they must act and think differently.
    seems it's all about what's on the outside, not what's on the inside ... because it's much easier to measure appearances than thoughts and experiences!

    • @mehcol
      @mehcol 7 років тому +13

      " Seems to me the diversity-obsession brigade don't really care about the only form of diversity that matters - the diversity of ideas and experiences."
      That's profoundly true and the irony is that we are told to ignore colour,race and religion. They are obsessed with it.

    • @Ekitchi0
      @Ekitchi0 6 років тому +6

      exactly and that sort of lazy judging based on outside appearance is precisely what was wrong with the nazis and the kkk. The only difference is the demographic targeted.

    • @hellogoodbye4061
      @hellogoodbye4061 5 років тому +3

      @do br while scrolling, it seems you are the king of whining about "poor, poor pitiful me"..... damn, dude, the world is out there for you....do not waste your life being a victim.

    • @Vexas345
      @Vexas345 4 роки тому +3

      It's not that we don't want that. It's that every time in the past that we've tried to let people be adults about things, we ended up with all white male workforces. Your comment makes it seem like the workforce is made up entirely of minorities and that white people are suffering mass unemployment or something. I don't understand how you can claim persecution when the workforce is 80% white.

    • @mac3770
      @mac3770 4 роки тому

      Is thwt why they ask your race and narionality on linkedin applications? why is pluralsight pushing this so heavily?

  • @cireolgnamiat9938
    @cireolgnamiat9938 4 роки тому +5

    According to modern proponents of "diversity", a frail 80 year old woman should be able to handle hard contruction work just as well as a 20 year old man.

    • @adwaitab.3622
      @adwaitab.3622 4 роки тому +1

      Excellent argument. What can I expect from bigots like you

    • @tautaumona807
      @tautaumona807 4 роки тому +1

      Ad hominem replies aren't going to change my mind. Wearing a "I'm Woke" t shirt doesn't cut it anymore. Make your case instead of slinging names.

    • @Aniket-m3c
      @Aniket-m3c 4 роки тому

      @@adwaitab.3622 ha ha!! Ad hominem arguments are not going to get you anywhere.

    • @ukbloke28
      @ukbloke28 3 роки тому

      @@adwaitab.3622 "Excellent argument. What can I expect from bigots like you" - Better writing? You missed "else" and a full stop, they wrote correctly.
      I wouldn't give you the job ...

  • @bidenhasdementia8657
    @bidenhasdementia8657 3 роки тому +9

    Native Europeans have the right to exist and have a homeland to call their own.

  • @ericapelz260
    @ericapelz260 Рік тому +1

    I was pleasantly surprised that after 6 years (2023) the website is still up. 🙃

  • @lavonburbank4430
    @lavonburbank4430 2 роки тому +4

    Truly relate and have been "rented." Appreciate your fake solution and tenacity.

  • @florentdevier
    @florentdevier 9 місяців тому +2

    Can't believe we give a voice to these people. Let alone have a laugh with them or actually agreeing.

  • @neel3297
    @neel3297 3 роки тому +1

    one of top computer company recently asked a level 5 female on what is build file. This is how diversity works

  • @BT-ir5zl
    @BT-ir5zl 2 роки тому +15

    This woman is nuts.

    • @gkceu8157
      @gkceu8157 3 місяці тому

      Worse than that.

  • @Mm-zr5qm
    @Mm-zr5qm 4 роки тому +28

    This woman is everything that is wrong with society.

  • @malooch
    @malooch 2 роки тому +6

    Which “diverse” country in the middle east is her family from?

  • @political-social
    @political-social 4 роки тому +4

    Audience not laughing because they are actually thinking it through.

  • @simongrajczak3472
    @simongrajczak3472 6 років тому +5

    Its all relevant, it depends where you work. All the fortune 500 companies that I worked for had more high paying woman managers then man. Diversity is very important in business because the whole world is diverse. At the same time when you should get rid of diversity and just hire for skills.

    • @gaussminigun
      @gaussminigun 4 роки тому +11

      The world is more segregated than diverse. Just look at any non-western civilization

    • @nicholasgrijalva
      @nicholasgrijalva 2 роки тому

      Diversity itself is quite beneficial for a company and a worthwhile endeavor to work toward. it should be woven into the fabric of the company, the same way other aspects like Management and Marketing are. The problem arises when people hire *just* to meet corporate quotas. Its not that people shouldn't hire for skills, they absolutely should. Its about not letting personal biases get in the way of recruiting the best candidate, and making sure that candidate gets treated with the same respect and gets the resources they need, just like everyone else.

  • @nathanwright8613
    @nathanwright8613 5 років тому +12

    Is it just me, or does this comments section seem bizarre...? These comments seem like they all came from people who didn't watch the video. They feel completely divorced from the meat of Mahdawi's argument. Bummer cause I was looking forward to reading what real life people actually thought about this talk.

    • @krunkle5136
      @krunkle5136 5 років тому +2

      It's a touchy subject where people may have had experience with diversity bias. It's a real problem

  • @haroonsj59
    @haroonsj59 6 років тому +9

    wow I should not have scrolled down to this comments section

  • @drooghead
    @drooghead 5 років тому +8

    Just pointing out some confusion: Being female is not a minority and being non-white is not a minority in most of the world.

  • @pj0179
    @pj0179 3 роки тому +5

    Finding ways to prove diversity is helpful sounds like confirmation bias to me

  • @convictednotconvinced
    @convictednotconvinced 3 роки тому +1

    Diversity people in the business world are the ones who aren't good at anything. Kind of like safety people in construction.

    • @thegreatergood8081
      @thegreatergood8081 2 роки тому

      If a normal world, diversity officers would be answering phones for a living.

  • @TitanFind
    @TitanFind 5 років тому +17

    Mahdawi is a bit of a female chauvinist.

    • @sentiment201
      @sentiment201 3 місяці тому

      She's just a bitter old hag writing out her frustrations and salty bitterness to cope. No need to take it seriously.

  • @tecomaman
    @tecomaman 5 років тому +14

    I thought the person that can do the job best gets the job

    • @nureshmihassim1759
      @nureshmihassim1759 4 роки тому +5

      Yes for white people !

    • @nureshmihassim1759
      @nureshmihassim1759 4 роки тому +1

      Wake up from your slumber

    • @allison32798
      @allison32798 4 роки тому +4

      If only this were true. There's a reason why people say, "It's not what you know; it's who you know."

    • @jimbean4945
      @jimbean4945 4 роки тому +3

      Nureshmi Hassim said like a true brown person.

    • @gaussminigun
      @gaussminigun 4 роки тому +1

      @@nureshmihassim1759 so you're saying that for non-whites they hire the worst person? K

  • @anissamoreno5106
    @anissamoreno5106 2 роки тому

    4:35 8:00 10:20 11:15

  • @susansheldon2033
    @susansheldon2033 Рік тому

    When I ran a large (200-employee) bookstore, I hired a diverse workforce because it was the right thing to do AND it improved my bottom line. It was good business. Diversity was a front-and-center strategy to make my business better on every level.

  • @djsifu07
    @djsifu07 5 років тому +3

    Whats wrong with discrimination. Every single person on earth discriminates every day

  • @ultrainstinct8485
    @ultrainstinct8485 6 років тому +6

    Everyone, google her name and "Consenticorns"

  • @Itwasntalieitwastrueinmymind
    @Itwasntalieitwastrueinmymind 2 роки тому +3

    Thank you so much for this. I realize this is the most important thing I’ve listened to in a long time. Thank you UA-cam for this amazing platform

    • @mattparry1093
      @mattparry1093 2 роки тому +11

      Is that sarcasm or are you a bot?

  • @AutomticHeart
    @AutomticHeart 4 роки тому +3

    "When I'm President, I'll shut this site down." (apparently D. Trump on Rent-A-Minority)...lies, lies, it is still online!

  • @xGaLoSx
    @xGaLoSx 7 років тому +19

    Why is it a problem? You're making it a problem.

    • @ShadowsMasquerade
      @ShadowsMasquerade 6 років тому +5

      Because of idiots like you. =P

    •  6 років тому +3

      When you have a hammer, everything is a nail.

    • @gaussminigun
      @gaussminigun 4 роки тому

      @@ShadowsMasquerade cope

  • @lauryngregory1131
    @lauryngregory1131 2 роки тому +2

    The speaker is funny and she gives great solutions for addressing workplace diversity.

  • @tishamarieongcoy4728
    @tishamarieongcoy4728 2 роки тому

    The best tedx talk I ever viewed in YT.

    • @mattparry1093
      @mattparry1093 2 роки тому +5

      The worst tedx talk I ever viewed in YT

  • @cdinger7168
    @cdinger7168 2 роки тому +3

    They need to stop doing these tedx talks. You get random people becoming experts on nothing.

  • @christopherhanley7516
    @christopherhanley7516 6 років тому +4

    Nice comments, but could you please introduce us to the elephant standing next to you? Yes...that one. The thing is, diversity is a workplace issue for everyone before the first word is spoken. Companies that don't treat employees fairly, that don't motivate, that have confused goals, that are arrogant towards workers, might as well be speaking Martian when it comes to diversity and inclusion.
    No, it's worse than that. The employees would hear Martian; they tune out diversityspeak coming from people whose readership they can't respect. I'm not a graduate student. I'm a good service worker, and many of us regard diversity crapolacoming from clueless managers as just so much time out of our lives. Worse,, many of us more of less openly resent it.

  • @videovoidtv
    @videovoidtv 4 роки тому +2

    Start at 4:03 for an important takeaway...

  • @stephenmoreton6367
    @stephenmoreton6367 7 років тому +10

    hold on... why is she classifying herself as a three-fer? Why is being a woman a minority? .. .. WHAT?! .. I .. I'm all for diversity and multiculturalism. But the one-upmanship here is through the roof. Women are not a minority. You don't deserve special attention for BEING a minority. Go out and work hard. Be the best YOU that you can be and you will be better for it. Don't make up false hindrances and pretend that you're being held back by something that isn't actually there. Take accountability for your life and decisions and make the best of what you've been given. We don't all get to have what we want. We get what we earn.

    • @pikira2246
      @pikira2246 5 років тому +2

      Privilege does take an account for what defines success. While I do believe that someone should work hard in order to achieve their goals, hard work doesn't always give you the result you want and the result you want can be given to you and isn't something earned.

  • @timothyearly7727
    @timothyearly7727 5 років тому +2

    If Diversity will increase profits, businesses will pursue it vigorously.

  • @kethmeth3694
    @kethmeth3694 4 роки тому +4

    They just let anyone speak now?

  • @StimParavane
    @StimParavane 2 місяці тому +1

    Read her Guardian articles to see how she just drips with misandry.

  • @jonyjony12345
    @jonyjony12345 6 років тому +5

    Don’t take it too seriously?
    Blind auditions?
    That is not practical solution at all

  • @shridharsarraf2188
    @shridharsarraf2188 2 роки тому +3

    2:33 Did you know that in the US there are more guys named "John" who are beggars, homeless, imprisoned, no access to basic human life than women

  • @tinapie178
    @tinapie178 5 років тому +6

    What we need is respect and tolerance

    • @Christoph-sd3zi
      @Christoph-sd3zi 2 роки тому +1

      That is actually the opposite of what we need.

    • @tinapie178
      @tinapie178 2 роки тому

      @@Christoph-sd3zi so what you think

    • @billysanchez-eh6nn
      @billysanchez-eh6nn Рік тому

      ​@@tinapie178 looking at what is happening in sweden and ireland and many european countries i would say separate, sweden switched from being the safest country in europe to the most dangerous and many streets are closed and the police are afraid to go near them just because of "diversity" and gays and women get harrased constantly because what they do go against the beliefs of the minorities, muslims believe that women should cover fully and don't work and limir their freedom and also eliminate gays from the planet so what should we do then mr diversity and inclusion to satisfy all parties?

  • @libbylopez-rodriguez5213
    @libbylopez-rodriguez5213 2 роки тому

    I strongly on how in 2021 people are still hiring and focusing on the I appearance instead of the real reason why they are there

  • @DaveWard-xc7vd
    @DaveWard-xc7vd 4 роки тому

    Companies will make hiring decisions that add to their bottom line. That means hiring the best person for the job regardless of race or gender.
    Dont expect to have equal representation.

  • @morganwatkins9080
    @morganwatkins9080 4 роки тому +2

    Inspiring stuff. Arwa is changing the world, one homogenous group at a time.

  • @StimParavane
    @StimParavane 2 місяці тому

    It always amuses me how feminists always like to focus on the people at the very top of society without ever mentioning the greater male variability. It must always be sexism rather than the fact that there are a significantly larger number of men who are both highly intelligent, highly conscientious, and prepared to work 70 hours a week for decades.

  • @gibsonswcollector
    @gibsonswcollector Рік тому

    Deleting yourself could be somthing that is something. 😮😮😮

  • @Hamboogler
    @Hamboogler 6 років тому +1

    Isn't this what James Damore was talking about in his memo, Google’s Ideological Echo Chamber? He said that diversity was good but that companies were using practices that increased resentment and didn't actually work.

  • @ollie620
    @ollie620 3 роки тому +13

    *The sloshing noise from her mouth is making me feel sick*

    • @melisa7274
      @melisa7274 3 роки тому +2

      ok oliver

    • @deadyamcha
      @deadyamcha 3 роки тому +2

      i agree brother

    • @ollie620
      @ollie620 3 роки тому +2

      @@melisa7274 better watched on mute with subtitles on

  • @Shyhalu
    @Shyhalu 6 років тому +2

    2000, Hoan Bridge - Extreme cold, snow, and heavy traffic
    2001, I-285 bridge over GA-400 - Set on fire from fuel tanker overturning
    2001, Queen Isabella Causeway - Support was hit by a barge
    2002, 1-40 Bridge Disaster - Barge struck a pier.
    2003, Kinzua Bridge - Hit by tornado with 100 mph
    2004, Interstate 95 Howard Overpass - fire from car hitting a truck
    2004, C-470 overpass I-70 - Girder twisted during construction
    2005, I-10 Twin Span Bridge - Extensive damage from Katrina/flooding
    2007, MacArthur Maze - Tanker Truck crashed into it
    2007, 35W over the Mississippi River - Weight of construction equipment
    2007, Harp Road Bridge - Truck hauling an excavator was too heavy for it.
    2008, Cedar Rapids Iowa City Railway - Flood damage
    2009, 9 Mile Road Bridge I-75 - Tanker accident cause it to collapse.
    2009, San Fran Oakland Bay Bridge - Repair failures
    2012, Eggner Ferry over the Tennessee River - Boat struck the bottom part of the bridge
    2012, Jay Cookie Swinging Bridge - Raging floodwaters
    2013, I-5 Skagit River Bridge - Oversized Truck clipped girder while carrying heavy machinery
    2013, Scott City roadway Bridge - Train's cars hit it
    2015, Hopple Street Overpass over I-75 - Demolition work while being taken down
    2015, Pennsy Bridge - Partial Collapse during demolition
    2015, I-10 Bridge - Abutment displacement from stream winding causing abutment scouring.
    2015, bob white Bridge - Major Flooding
    2017, Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge - Massive rain and avalanche
    2017, I-85N Atlanta - Fire/Arson
    2018, FIU Pedestrian bridge - Diversity & Feminism.
    You don't get a job because you aren't the best person for it. End of Story.

  • @sooksisnomofo
    @sooksisnomofo 7 років тому +19

    Huge waste of time. Her proposed solutions were honestly not helpful in the slightest. You owe me my 15 minutes back lady.

    • @ShadowsMasquerade
      @ShadowsMasquerade 6 років тому +2

      I'm very happy to hear your time was wasted. It elates me. Also, nice rebuttal, you totally got her there!

    • @lockandloadlikehell
      @lockandloadlikehell 6 років тому +3

      Solutions for a problem that doesn't exist.
      Typical Guardian logic.

    • @lemonsarebitter2069
      @lemonsarebitter2069 4 роки тому +1

      Arwa Mahdawi is a Marxist Communist

    • @sucker4chillmusic937
      @sucker4chillmusic937 3 роки тому

      @@lockandloadlikehell can u prove it does not exist?

  • @andreaskyriacou3820
    @andreaskyriacou3820 5 років тому +10

    this should not be on tedx.

  • @Markdonaghy
    @Markdonaghy 5 років тому +10

    This doll is a constant pain when u Google Donald trump only because she never seems to have anything nice to say
    Real negative lady
    And for the record minority’s do not exist

  • @RichardtJames
    @RichardtJames 6 років тому +10

    Is diversity useful without inclusivity...?

  • @scottb9997
    @scottb9997 Рік тому

    if anyone wants to save 15 minutes the surprising solution to workplace diversity is blind testing over cv screening

  • @TheLivirus
    @TheLivirus 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you Arwa for speaking frankly about this cringy topic.

    • @Christoph-sd3zi
      @Christoph-sd3zi 2 роки тому +4

      @ENDA_21 what makes her cringy-ness worse is her total lack of self-awareness

    • @TheLivirus
      @TheLivirus 2 роки тому

      @@Christoph-sd3zi I did not find her cringy.

  • @stopthephilosophicalzombie9017
    @stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 5 років тому +7

    Unless they are white or asian. @

  • @beard_yesman4231
    @beard_yesman4231 6 років тому +4

    diversity bring conflict and conflict bring develop

    • @ukbloke28
      @ukbloke28 3 роки тому

      plenty of conflict in afghahistan. how's that going?

  • @kulverma684
    @kulverma684 8 років тому +5

    Arwa, thanks an entertaining talk. Not sure about abolishing the word Diversity as it scares this win power. I do have a model from my thesis that provides a way to mange and promote institional change, the sad fact is that companies don't want to solve the issue as it changes power.

  • @bertroost1675
    @bertroost1675 3 роки тому +4

    Is this lecture intended for any place on the globe or only for certain nations?

    • @Christoph-sd3zi
      @Christoph-sd3zi 2 роки тому +5

      Mostly US and Western Europe because Jews

  • @JessMCarey
    @JessMCarey 5 років тому +5

    For those who benefit from the oppression of others and are blind to how it impacts them daily all their lives, equality feels like oppression.
    Welcome to this comments section.

    • @krunkle5136
      @krunkle5136 5 років тому

      Everyone sucks.

    • @ukbloke28
      @ukbloke28 3 роки тому +1

      Oh please, get the chip off your shoulder. You're not oppressed, you insult and degrade the people on this planet who actually are. You benefit immensely from the work and support of men, and vice versa. A lot of what you take for granted, you are blessed with by men. Have a little humility.

  • @techsummitglobal
    @techsummitglobal 3 роки тому

    This is Interesting - We are the Diversity in Tech Podcast and Conference and are big champions of diversity in Tech.

  • @lizzyregis
    @lizzyregis 7 років тому +1

    Diversity has worked so well in the past! I'm going to name all the countries with a lot of diversity! :D
    Austro-Hungary
    The Ottoman Empire
    Serbia
    The Mongolian Empire
    Yugoslavia
    Czechoslovakia
    Portuguese Empire
    Spanish Empire
    Korea
    Israel
    Palestine
    Jordan
    Iran
    Iraq
    Sudan
    China
    Russia
    Danish Empire
    India
    Sinkiang
    Romania
    Bulgaria
    Germany
    France
    Slovakia
    Northern Cyprus
    Southern Cyprus
    Ukraine
    Bangladesh

  • @allankesatie
    @allankesatie 2 роки тому +1

    Green M&Ms ruined her life

  • @mitchrunner5439
    @mitchrunner5439 2 роки тому

    why does she not talk about the root of problem here? she is talking about superficious solutions that will cover up an infected wound that will still rot under the healthy surface - the problem start with the very young age of every human being and we need to start treating this diverity problem there. she is talking about producvtivity, it is nothing about diversity, this depends on the individual's level of discipline and education. I'm a minority, I'm working twice harder than any white colleague, that does not means our team is 41 or whatever % more efficient.

  • @YOSUP315
    @YOSUP315 7 років тому +14

    Maybe there would be more women running major companies if... women started more major companies.

    • @sucker4chillmusic937
      @sucker4chillmusic937 3 роки тому

      if.....most, no, ALL women were given the opportunities to....

    • @ukbloke28
      @ukbloke28 3 роки тому

      @@sucker4chillmusic937 You don't get "given" opportunities to play at that level, you have to go out and make it happen. That's the problem in the way that your type think ...

  • @mtube620
    @mtube620 7 років тому +4

    change take time. Rapid change, even for the good, will not be fruitful

  • @mjchittenden1
    @mjchittenden1 2 роки тому +1

    Disability can’t get represented in a diversity TED Talk. Wow!

  • @andrewlepore2616
    @andrewlepore2616 4 роки тому +4

    This is the most cringeworthy liberal nonsense

  • @blue0152
    @blue0152 3 роки тому +1

    That John fact was gold

  • @elduderino7767
    @elduderino7767 5 років тому +9

    one word: automation

  • @lassewilde8897
    @lassewilde8897 3 роки тому +1

    Just curious, are gingers considered a minority?

  • @jklink5883
    @jklink5883 6 років тому +3

    Poor people commenting their hatred anonymously here online... Addressing tasks and challenges from multiple perspectives is key and learning how to manage these DIVERSE positions the only way to success in the future.

    • @hellogoodbye4061
      @hellogoodbye4061 5 років тому +1

      Other than your hatred insult for anyone who disagrees with you,I have no idea what you just rambled on about...liberal diversity doublespeak needs a translation app.

    • @krunkle5136
      @krunkle5136 5 років тому

      You seem to hate poor people.

  • @jannma777
    @jannma777 3 роки тому

    Diversity is the new normal now! awesome! Cheers! :)

  • @timothyearly7727
    @timothyearly7727 5 років тому +6

    Could we have put a man on the moon if NASA was forced to have a statistically diverse team?

    • @maggieu
      @maggieu 5 років тому +2

      Didn't they make a whole movie about the fact that is was? (somewhat) Anyway -> YES.

    • @magnus08f250
      @magnus08f250 5 років тому +4

      Maggie Utgoff thinking’s Hollywood movies are real.😂😂 Hidden Figures had to be the biggest joke I have ever seen.

    • @DaveWard-xc7vd
      @DaveWard-xc7vd 4 роки тому

      That's why we cant put astronauts on the moon now.

    • @sucker4chillmusic937
      @sucker4chillmusic937 3 роки тому

      @@magnus08f250 there are movies that are based on real stories....

  • @Ekitchi0
    @Ekitchi0 6 років тому +8

    She is either a genius parodying the diversity proponents or utterly dishonest or stupid.
    1. companies don't hire in the general population, they hire within the candidate pool. For the most part, the representation in companies reflect the representation in the candidate pool. There is not a 50% representation of women in the candidates for high power positions so you don't get to conclude discrimination.
    2. she goes from studies showing companies which HAVE better "diversity" tend to do better to companies which ARE MADE TO have better "diversity" tend to do better. How dishonest can one be?
    She started well though by pointing out how diversity trainings are boring and superficial. Of course they are! Diversity of appearance over diversity of though and experience is at it's core superficial...

    • @hellogoodbye4061
      @hellogoodbye4061 5 років тому +1

      Diversity hiring is getting the job without having to work for it...

  • @tanmishi
    @tanmishi 2 роки тому

    This is excellent!

  • @tomphilpott3659
    @tomphilpott3659 3 роки тому

    Rent-a-minority? A rebranding is needed in a bad way.