Apparently, There Are WAY Too Many White Firemen.
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December 20, 2018OMG, WHITE MEN ARE THE PROBLEM.
WHITE MEN ARE THE SOURCE OF ALL EVIL, AND PATRIARCHY, AND COLONIALISM, AND SEXISM, AND RACISM AND UM…
They put their lives on the line to save others?
U.S. firefighters are overwhelmingly white and male. Here’s why that needs to changehttps://t.co/llRGS1tAYd
— Harvard Biz Review (@HarvardBiz) December 18, 2018
Yeah. Apparently, that’s a major problem.
How DARE white men save lives?!
To succeed as a firefighter, stereotypically masculine traits like brawn and courage are simply not enough. Firefighters also need the intellectual, social, and emotional skills required to deliver medical emergency aid, support each other through traumatic experiences, and engage intimately with the communities they serve. In short, successful firefighters embody a complex mix of skills and traits. And yet, in my research on reducing gender bias and my work conducting training on general diversity and inclusion with fire departments, I find that, when evaluating fit and competence, firefighters tend to default to a reductive set of traits (physical strength evaluated through strict fitness tests, for example) that serve to maintain white men’s dominance in the fire service.
“I find that, when evaluating fit and competence, firefighters tend to default to a reductive set of traits (physical strength evaluated through strict fitness tests, for example) that serve to maintain white men’s dominance in the fire service.”
SOOOOOOOO basically we need to stop focusing on people who are strong enough to kick down a door, and carry you out of your house as it burns to a crisp, and instead focus on DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION when it comes to hiring and recruiting firemen!
Wow. Ok. That really seems like a perfect way to make sure more people die in house fires.
Take your politics out of emergency services, this is one area no matter where one lies on the political spectrum that qualifications/skill/experience is prioritised over diversity check boxes.
— Gavin (@highlyevolv3d) December 18, 2018
F’real though. I don’t care WHAT race you are when you’re saving me from death. I just need you to be strong enough to do it.
— CareNotDude (@CareNotDude) December 18, 2018
FORTUNATELY, NO FIREMEN WILL LEAVE YOU TO DIE JUST BECAUSE YOU’RE A HYSTERICAL LIB.
…but HOT DAMN were they asking for it!
