I guess another way to put this: there were 11 modern Black MLB players before 1950. the Brooklyn Dodgers employed four and the Cleveland Indians employed four. Five of those eight are in the Hall of Fame today and a sixth won a Cy Young and an MVP. - ThreadSky

proptermalone.bsky.social • 16 days ago

I guess another way to put this: there were 11 modern Black MLB players before 1950. the Brooklyn Dodgers employed four and the Cleveland Indians employed four.

Five of those eight are in the Hall of Fame today and a sixth won a Cy Young and an MVP.

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DEI serves two purposes: it insulates you from litigation and, if it’s good, it opens up difficult-to-tap talent streams not available to your competitors. the point isn’t the first token guy, it’s the next six

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segyges.bsky.social•16 days ago

over in engineering world, the most talented people are generally:
1) ensconced in permanent fiefdoms they will never leave
or
2) some amount of marginalized

segyges.bsky.social•16 days ago

the people who are hireable by the simple method of not being a dick are people who shouldn't even be on the job market

chaosgreml.in•15 days ago

This is my partner: queer, neurodiverse, wildly brilliant, not at all a dick, but struggles to get employed only because every engineering leader he’s worked with is intimidated by his intelligence.

scottmaggelet.bsky.social•16 days ago

MAGA reads this and thinks those 5 HOF spots should have gone to less talented white men.

weidleman.com•16 days ago

Larry Doby! Satchel Paige!

drinky-crow.bsky.social•16 days ago

Prior employer invests much more heavily into H1B than anyone in their industry. They've also been the fastest grower in the industry for 30 years now. Reaching for the talent others won't reach for pays off.

ryanpaige.bsky.social•16 days ago

I mean, Cleveland hasn't won a World Series since they had Larry Doby and Satchel Paige on the roster.

proptermalone.bsky.social•16 days ago

it’s not always going to be that stark but there really are huge network effects in hiring and there really are huge benefits to getting to a talent community first.

geek19.bsky.social•16 days ago

What I'm HEARING is that DEI is why David Eckstein can't get a job

geek19.bsky.social•16 days ago

Actually wait this was a shitpost but I'm sure some Cardinals fans believe it

xtdave.bsky.social•16 days ago

the Dodgers went to 3 World Series in the 44 years before 1947 and lost them all. they went to 6 in the next decade (and even won 1).

being not racist was great for that franchise!

ijspurcell.bsky.social•16 days ago

Before the Rooney Rule in the NFL, black head coaches had a *much* higher winning percentage than white head coaches. Privilege can be best defined as being given the opportunity to fail much more than it is being given the opportunity to succeed.

mattweiner19.bsky.social•16 days ago

immediately after the Rooney Rule was instituted, the Steelers hired a black head coach over the white candidates they were expected to hire. eighteen years later, they didn't have a losing season with him

mattweiner19.bsky.social•16 days ago

and, uh, they did this all without having a quarterback for most of that time. the first quarterback Mike Tomlin ever coached was Kenny Pickett, in 2021.

(I stopped following the Steelers a while back because of reasons)

mweinglass.bsky.social•16 days ago

Don’t look back…something might be gaining on you.

dxmnkd316.bsky.social•16 days ago

I recall Murray Warmath being an influential figure in recruiting black athletes as well. Last Minnesota coach to win a rose bowl and national title.

emily68.bsky.social•16 days ago

I read a book once that said the NL won many more all-star games during the stretch when they were scouting in Latin America but the AL wasn’t. When you expand the pool of applicants, you’ll find more really good people to hire.

snootacamund.bsky.social•16 days ago

And one of those the Indians employed, Satchel Paige, made his MLB debut over two decades after his first professional pitch and was an all-star in his 40s.

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