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I don't think that shows a lack of racism, rather the existance of classism. People are being unfairly judged based on racial and class identifiers, rather tha

I don't think that shows a lack of racism, rather the existance of classism. People are being unfairly judged based on racial and class identifiers, rather than on their CV.

chroma 8y ago
The study I linked to shows that there's almost no race or sex discrimination for names on resumes, even in the southeast US. Regarding class discrimination: I don't think you'll get much disagreement from reasonable people. It's ubiquitous. That said, I do think classism is far less common in tech than in most fields.