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For what it's worth, when I think of people who had to work harder than I did to get to the same place, I don't assume they're bitter and blame white men. I don
by gdulli 10y ago
For what it's worth, when I think of people who had to work harder than I did to get to the same place, I don't assume they're bitter and blame white men. I don't assume they need hand-holding in order to succeed and I don't think they should be given jobs they don't deserve. I've passed on women of color in job interviews before without feeling guilty.
But there are people who lack the opportunity they do deserve, whether it's conscious bias or unconscious bias or just circumstances in life. We can try to do something to adjust the playing field instead of ignore that. I've worked with a lot of mediocre white dudes. There's plenty of opportunity to start displacing those types based on merit and not charity or guilt.
- dotnetisnotdead 10y agoFair enough, I can respect that and it sounds like we mostly agree. I think some adjustment may be needed, but since this has become so political I fear things will be taken so far in one direction that the backlash will come back and punish us all.