Carmen Bianca Bakker carmenbianca@fsfe.org wrote:
On Saturday, 2 September 2017 09:51:36 CEST Nikos Roussos wrote:
I don't see any discrimination here, and in general in any initiative that tries to help minorities.
It is discrimination by its very definition, though. That is: making a distinction between groups of people. This program most definitely does that. It distinguishes between a population it identifies as disadvantaged minorities (cis/trans women, ethnic minorities in the US), and a population it identifies as advantaged members of the majority group (everybody else), and treats those populations differently. One population is permitted an internship, and the other is not.
That is discrimination. What you probably mean, however, is that this is acceptable discrimination to you. I don't think like that. Two wrongs don't make a right, and I like to stay as consistent as I can in my beliefs/opinions: I loathe unjust discrimination.
IANAL but I suspect that the FSFE (a German e.V.) isn't allowed to participate in Outreachy anyway. My impression is that it would be a violation of German laws like the AGG: https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/agg/__11.html https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/agg/__7.html https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/agg/__1.html
Unless I missed it, there is no "you are allowed to discriminate based on race, gender, etc. if you pretend that it's for a good cause" exception.
Fabian