Resistance to policies aiming to increase diversity and inclusion are often motivated by the desire to evaluate ‘quality’, not diversity. This ignores decades of research showing that the perceived quality of identical CVs, achievements, and products is different, depending on who shows this performance, revealing a range of unconscious biases. Below some cartoons, drawn by Athena’s Angels’ house artist, Steen Bentall. We offer these for your personal use and further distribution to illustrate how difficult it is to consider quality alone.
