Mister Thorne has an excellent post on law firm diversity, “Practicing Discrimination With Pride.” It begins:
The managing partners of the nation’s 200 largest law firms are all seated in a ball room. From the podium at the head of the room, the master of ceremonies asks, “If your firm has an official policy of racial discrimination, would you please stand?”
Of course, all the partners remain seated. Then the master of ceremonies asks, “If your firm has a policy to promote racial diversity, please stand.”
Just about all the partners stand.
At work here is the myth of the one-sided coin — the notion that you can have hot without cold, light without dark, or up without down. Fact is, you can’t promote racial diversity without practicing racial discrimination….
But that’s just the beginning. Read the rest of it.
