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Originally Posted by inkling16

If NASA (or any other organization) believes that the "team" they are creating will be the better for having a more diverse membership, aren't they justified in hiring anyone who adds to the diversity of the team?

If you disagree with the idea that more diversity does not create better teams, that is fine, many don't. However, if you accept that some organizing bodies believe this, then their implementations make perfect sense.

That is a very good and noble reason for promoting diversity in a group. I think, however, you will find that that altruistic motivation is rarely the one at play. In every instance of a less qualified applicant being selected based on minority status that I have witnessed (admittedly small sample size), the reasoning has not been that the presence of certain genitals or skin coloring will improve the effectiveness (or "betterness") of that group.