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As someone who comes from a minority group, I absolutely want to be judged on the technical merit of my contributions and not my skin color, gender or genetic b
by malvosenior 8y ago
As someone who comes from a minority group, I absolutely want to be judged on the technical merit of my contributions and not my skin color, gender or genetic background.
Implying that people who aren't white males can't succeed in a meritocratic environment is racist and condescending. I don't see how this helps diversity one bit.
- kgraves 8y agoI have thought about this and I too find it patronising and racist indeed. I don't care about your race, I only care if you are the best.
- malvosenior 8y agoIt's actually a pretty popular opinion among high performing minorities (at least the ones I know -- yes anecdotal). Sadly it's a position entirely absent and forbidden in the debate around this. While I'm not one for identity politics, I have to say there's just something weird about watching wealthy and powerful white (usually) people debate this issue and completely ignore the voice of those they are supposed to be "sticking up" for. For me the end goal looks like an attempt to remove the tool I and others used to make social and economic advancement (legitimate skill and hard work) and replace it with some sort of cherry picking of individuals from above. It's definitely something I'm not comfortable with.
- zerostar07 8y agoI think it has been proven that oppressed people cannot judge their oppression
- malvosenior 8y agoI think you're missing your /s tag. If that's not sarcasm, I kindly ask you not to call me oppressed. This pretty much makes my point for me as well that an attempt to "help" me is nothing more than pure condescension and racism.
- _csoz 8y agoIt s sarcasm. I think we need new vocabularies, the terms have been commoditized to death
- malvosenior 8y agoThank you for clarifying.