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Actually the source article is quite clear about the implementation of cronyism - friends were emailed the answers to the bizarre hiring test and others were no

• like_any_other 2y ago
  "Friends" here means members of the National Black Coalition of Federal Aviation Employees.
  • th0ma5 2y ago
    ... You concede that it was cronyism here. Unless you want to expand on what you are saying.
    • XCabbage 2y ago
      He concedes no such thing. Reserving jobs for members of a "black coalition" that any black person can join is obviously DEI, not cronyism. It's a de facto race-based filter, not one based on favour-trading or past links to the applicant.
      • lazide 2y ago
        Why not both? Near as I can tell, Cronyism goes hand in hand. Someone has to gatekeep who counts in what bracket, someone has to represent the bracket, etc. And the beauty is, the more brackets, the more true this is, and the more can be extracted from the system.
        • handoflixue 2y ago
          You're asking the wrong person there. "Both" concedes that it was "DEI" But to actually answer the question: while it can absolutely be both, you need to provide proof of the additional claim. "People cheated for DEI reasons" and "People cheated for cronyism reasons" are two separate claims. The article provides plenty of evidence for the former and not much for the latter.
          • lazide 2y ago
            What do you consider cronyism except ‘members of this organization share cheats and get each other in’?
            • handoflixue 2y ago
              "Cronyism (noun, derogatory): the appointment of friends and associates to positions of authority, without proper regard to their qualifications." Cronyism is advancing the interests of your personal connections. Friends and family. If you want an explicit cutoff, the Dunbar Number suggests this group should have 100, maybe 150 people in it. Conversely, there's 40 million black people in the US, and I really doubt anyone is even associated with all of them, much less calling them one of their friends. You can change who you're friends with a lot easier than you can change your skin color, so the two result in different problems. They're both bad, of course. Similar to how "wage theft" and "shoplifting" are different crimes, even though both of them involve taking money from someone else.
              • lazide 2y ago
                Associates. You know like people who literally belong (aka associate) to the same organization? Only hiring people who belong to the same fraternity is also cronyism, and is the same problem. In this case, a criteria for joining this ‘fraternity’ is the color of their skin. Hence double applicable with DEI. Why do you keep insisting on ignoring half of what you are pasting?
                • handoflixue 2y ago
                  > Associates. You know like people who literally belong (aka associate) to the same organization? First, the FAA and the NBCFAE are different organizations. Second, "Associate" does not mean "employed at the same massive organization". It means someone you actually know, on a personal level. You and I are not "associates" just because we both post on Hacker News. Third, the question is whether you're associated with the individual, not the organization that they're a part of. > Only hiring people who belong to the same fraternity is also cronyism If you only hire from Harvard or some other prestigious university is that also cronyism? Are all internal promotions cronyism? If you only hire people who live in your city, is that also cronyism? Keep in mind that there's plenty of rural towns that have fewer people than a big fraternity does. Does this change if all th qualified workers in the town are black, so you're only hiring black workers? You presumably have to draw the line somewhere, otherwise "only hiring US citizens" is also cronyism. Where, exactly, are you suggesting that line should be?
    • 1oooqooq 2y ago
      give up. you won't convince anyone. if corruption have any minority scape goat, it's "them".
• WillPostForFood 2y ago
  I think might be misreading the article. It says the answers were sent from the FAA to members of the "National Black Coalition of Federal Aviation Employees". It went to all of them, not just friends. It was DEI, not cronyism. Soon, though, she became uneasy with what the organization was doing, particularly after she and the rest of the group got a voice message from FAA employee Shelton Snow: You might be confused by this line: As the hiring wave approached, some of Reilly’s friends in the program encouraged her to join the National Black Coalition of Federal Aviation Employees That may or not be cronyism, but once she joined, the whole org got the answers, so clearly it was aimed at getting more Blacks through the process.
  • philwelch 2y ago
    It can be both.
  • malaise 2y ago
    I get that you’re trying to contribute to the conversation, but you do realize that what you’re saying sounds racist? In addition, this is a diversion from the elephant in the room, which is that right after some dramatic executive action, many people died within a short amount of time due to a crash that had nothing to do with race and everything to do with chaotic governance.
    • ConradJarret 2y ago
      Oh no, what he said sounds racist! He shouldn’t contribute to the conversation then.