'Um, you do realise that almost everyone is from the Brahmin caste, do you?’

On diversity* and Goodhart's law.

Watch out comrade: big business is turning communist

Excerpt

In one prestigious organisation recently, a manager was recounting the impressive ethnicity figures for his department. His staff were half female, many of Indian origin. An Indian colleague smiled: ‘Um, you do realise that almost everyone is from the Brahmin caste, do you?’ To English eyes, the department was a model of meritocracy — to an Indian it looked like the crowd at an Eton-Harrow match.

Goodhart's law springs to mind:

"When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure."

* via Tim Newman with thanks