Comments by "Jason Dashney" (@jasondashney) on "2017/02/11: An incendiary discussion at Ryerson U" video.

  1. 15:30. A very complex topic mic dropped with one sentence. Holy shit, I just took that Harvard bias test online and it's set up to make you "fail". Fuck me is it ever set up to try to get to a particular result. It's brutal. It's a series of tests that are awkard to do, but as you do them it gets easier. That means at the beginning you're more likely to screw up, and screwing up early gives the "you are biased against fat people" result, just as they want. It's the only one I've gone through thus far but it's awful. I just lost a bit of respect for Harvard.
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  2. 23:46 . I thought he was exaggerating. Nope. Here's right from the government's website: "On October 20, 2016, the Government started the process of reconstituting all JACs in order to make them more representative of the diversity of Canada. A public application process for the Public Representative positions was launched, and diversity and unconscious bias training was developed. Diversity training for JAC members will be provided by the Chief Justice of Canada, the Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin by means of a videotaped lecture. Her videotaped lecture will assist JAC members to assess the qualities that make a good judge, understand the challenges of judging in a multicultural society and comprehend the importance of diversity on the bench. Two interactive tools on unconscious bias training will also be provided to JAC members. "Find the Right Fit Using an Objective Eye," an interactive training tool on unconscious bias, will be provided to JAC members through the Canada School of Public Service." And they make a point of making 50% judges as well, as opposed to 100% of the most competent regardless of genitalia.
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