A decent enough sentiment in this industry refuses to acknowledge that people disavow their biases via publicly acceptable encoding, see all threads concerning

A decent enough sentiment in this industry refuses to acknowledge that people disavow their biases via publicly acceptable encoding, see all threads concerning diviersity, and Black inclusiveness in particular[0][1]. The flipside to the reverse racism claim is that for a Black person getting into tech, you basically have to hope and pray the interviewer has forthright character, which, IME, is not a common characteristic of most engineers I've met. Rationality discussion is not a property or trait, its a mutual engagement between participants. That mutuality is a purely ethical artifact, but this industry likes to duck the question when its put to them like this in preference of the ethical legalism that's already running rampant through American culture [0]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24714502 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24714502 [1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouKgUdqZMds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouKgUdqZMds