Current Events > EA Lead Dev Explains Why She Doesn't Hire White People

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We're making progress with him fellas. They are at least admitting it is racist now.

i wonder if this is a culture war fake news bullshit thats dredged up some old post to misrepresent a- oh would you look at that

I think it's fine for her to say she wants to hire specifically black devs, especially if her content is supposed to have a black focus.

I think where she fucked up (and where the alt-right is gonna have a field day) is by explicitly excluding specifically white people. That's just not a good look, even if it was fueled less by genuine spite and more out of wanting to give PoC opportunities.

No im getting racism from the fact that shes not hiring white people because they are white. Not their personality, not their skills, but their skin color. That is racist.

Tell me how explicitly not hiring someone because they are white is not racist.

Iike this kinda thing doesn't happen all the time to ruin someone's career or public standing

Wasnt it because of specific lived experiences relevant to the game they were making, rather than solely based on skin color? I didnt watch the video though so idk what she said other than the misleading clickbait title

She says its safest to be with people exactly like her and that white people will engage in micro aggressions and thus harm the safe environment, and this is why she doesnt hire white people.

Look, if this is an opinion you want to have of a friend group or something thats perfectly fine to me. But when it comes to work, you just simply cannot exclude people because of your preconceived notions about their skin color.

the most important part is that it's only illegal because she explicitly stated that was her intention. all she'd have to do is shut up and say "oh, I hadn't noticed", and there would probably be no case unless there was something else documented to prove it. that's how so many companies have gotten away with hiring 90+% white people for the last 20+ years

She says its safest to be with people exactly like her and that white people will engage in micro aggressions and thus harm the safe environment, and this is why she doesnt hire white people.

Wasnt it because of specific lived experiences relevant to the game they were making, rather than solely based on skin color? I didnt watch the video though so idk what she said other than the misleading clickbait title

Anti-racists, who hate racism and racists, suddenly don't really care about racism. And oh, will you look at that, this particular racism is actually justified, to combat potential, unjustified racism. Hell, it's not even racism.

We hold our own accountable, "this person doesn't have power to enact her racism, so this isn't worth mentioning, and mentioning it probably says something negative about you". No, we will not call for this racists job, no fucking way, are you kidding me. We will shrug our shoulders and criticize anything other than the blatant racism we would normally criticize. God, we fucking hate racism and racist scum, God hate them so much.

How is that not racist?

counter-racism

1. This was a video from 2+ years ago for another game separate from the Black Panther game
2. Libs of Tik Tok(noted propagandist anti-trans bigot Twitter channel hosted by a moron that can't answer what bad shit is happening in schools that they're so against) dug up this video that had no prior interaction until now
3. She's not a lead on anything, she's an assistant in a far down the totem pole position & has basically no control over the game's development & will have minimal impact on it's fruition
4. Black people wanting their own space with like minded people isn't racism, but her trying to only hire black people is. Good thing she has next to no actual power over anything.

Think I covered everything for today's outrage bullshit magnet.

PS: Asmongold is fresh off of milking content about sweet baby inc so he can smell that rage bait performative conservative action in the water with him like the bottom feeder he is. I challenge anyone to find a more useless mouth to listen to for information than him

Oh boy, we've got a "you can't be racist to white people" dude in here. It's sure to elevate the discussion.

Man I thought this Gamergate bullshit died out years ago. I really don't understand why people give a shit

Seeing as how this thread isn't going to die out anyways I might as well respond to this.

It's because it started off again with a DEI consulting company called Sweet Baby Inc doing advisements for a lot of game developers & companies. But the thing the far right racist people pushing this connection don't understand is that just because a company is consulting on something, doesn't mean the receiver acted on it at all. Consulting, in my opinion, is pretty fucking meaningless & a fluff job.

Someone pays you to give your opinion on something you don't really need to be credited or professional on, & you tell them how to make themselves appeal more to demographics or sectors of the economy. They get their check for doing basically nothing besides a speaking gig, you go around the industry doing it to all of them.

But the far right thinks this is some broader plan to wokeify the entire gaming industry & that it must be the reason everything bad is happening in regards to layoffs & game quality getting worse in AAA spaces & so on. And it only takes assholes like Assmonshit to propagate it, or when unfortunately people like Mutahar take a centrist position on something that doesn't need a wishy-washy middle ground.

They find that one single solitary spark they were searching for to make a culture war that doesn't meaningful fix anything, & we're right back into gamergate 2.0 because history is a circle. The woman in that bullshit mischaracterized video just helped them add more fuel to the fire.

If it was really that easy, everybody would be doing it. I get some hefty fees from being a consultant sometimes. However, I do have the relevant qualifications and experience.

Seems like the kinda job someone could get without qualifications or experience provided they know the right people. In other words sounds more like getting the job is the hard part