As with so many other advances it isn't possible to reach into someone's head (ugh) an change attitudes. It was NOT that long ago that a white worker could call a black one the n-word right in front of everyone with no fear of reprisal; now he will be escorted out of the building under guard.
As with so many other advances it isn't possible to reach into someone's head (ugh) an change attitudes. It was NOT that long ago that a white worker could call a black one the n-word right in front of everyone with no fear of reprisal; now he will be escorted out of the building under guard.
Change the law, you change behavior. It may take a generation or two but attitudes will follow. Already the idea of opposing same-sex marriage is starting to seem just bigoted.
The charge of tokenism is inevitable, and complicated by the fact that a minority has to be superlative in the same role where a majority can be average.
It's also complicated by the fact that there really are people who think they're helping by promoting mediocrities above their level. The most uncontroversial example I can think of was Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine and its promotion of some truly awful women writers. There are some great women writing SF; LeGuin, Cherryh, others. ASFM printed some who were just awful, which did not help women writers one bit.
As with so many other advances it isn't possible to reach into someone's head (ugh) an change attitudes. It was NOT that long ago that a white worker could call a black one the n-word right in front of everyone with no fear of reprisal; now he will be escorted out of the building under guard.
Change the law, you change behavior. It may take a generation or two but attitudes will follow. Already the idea of opposing same-sex marriage is starting to seem just bigoted.
The charge of tokenism is inevitable, and complicated by the fact that a minority has to be superlative in the same role where a majority can be average.
It's also complicated by the fact that there really are people who think they're helping by promoting mediocrities above their level. The most uncontroversial example I can think of was Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine and its promotion of some truly awful women writers. There are some great women writing SF; LeGuin, Cherryh, others. ASFM printed some who were just awful, which did not help women writers one bit.