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Isn't being blind to caste distinctions the optimal way to avoid discrimination? It's like a blind audition.
by bko 4y ago
Isn't being blind to caste distinctions the optimal way to avoid discrimination? It's like a blind audition.
- powerhour 4y agoMaybe if you and your peers and all of the higher-ups are equally blind, ya. Otherwise your blindness might prevent you from seeing what's going on.
- isoprophlex 4y agoYeah, sure! I however want to understand if something untowards is happening between team members. I might be blind, others amongst eachother might not necessarily be.
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- cheeze 4y agoYes and no. It's great to not have that inherent bias, but it's important to be able to see where the bias exists.
- ajsnigrutin 4y agoSomehow in $current_year, blind auditions are also racist: https://web.archive.org/web/20220725001219/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/16/arts/music/blind-auditions-orchestras-race.html https://web.archive.org/web/20220725001219/https://www.nytim...
- jquery 4y agoThe article does not make such a claim.