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No I got you, you're saying majority is an automatic disqualification which is ridiculous but happens today nevertheless.
by TokenDiversity 9y ago
No I got you, you're saying majority is an automatic disqualification which is ridiculous but happens today nevertheless.
- hn_throwaway_99 9y agoThe interesting thing is that this change really happened in the past 10 or 15 years or so. That is, the phrase "under-represented minority" is relatively new, and basically came about because someone decided Indians and East Asians "don't count" anymore when it comes to diversity because we've got too many of them. I consider myself liberal, but I feel this business of grading everyone by their race and sex is the exact antithesis of liberal ideals. What happened to MLK's ideas of not being judged by the color of your skin, but by the content of your character? Yes, I understand that things like subconscious bias and privilege can complicate this ideal, but at the end of the day, we shouldn't be surprised that anyone gets angry when they are told "Sorry, we don't want anymore of your race/sex, we've already got too many of your kind."