The Herald’s editorial cartoon (Aug. 18) showing a bunch of white, skateboard-nerd engineers at some unnamed company (Google, Inc.) is a perspective about white privilege, more or less.
In reality, Google has a largely white and Asian staff: Asians are far more represented than their demographics would suggest. In reality, Google has basically been hiring people who made the grades and got the diplomas to be hired at a high-tech firm.
What the politically correct left wants all companies to do is hire people of color regardless of whether they’re qualified or not ... and unfortunately, not enough minorities and women are qualified.
As a business trying to make a profit, should Google simply hire people of color or gender to suit the current PC trend?
The editorial cartoon suggests white privilege, which is a polite way of saying “white supremacy.” If you believe in diversity as a reason to ignore merit, if you believe in affirmative action, then you are quietly acknowledging the idea of white supremacy being a fact.
Let’s treat everyone the same if we’re all equal. If we want an end to racism, stop the racist editorial cartoons and everything else.
Mike Sigman
Durango
