Exactly, what we should really be striving for is diverse life experience. Having a bias towards people based on skin colour and gender alone is racist and se

Exactly, what we should really be striving for is diverse life experience. Having a bias towards people based on skin colour and gender alone is racist and sexist by definition. If people really cared about diversity they'd ask you about your upbringing, your views on life and how you would bring diversity into the work place. I know I've never been asked such a question during an interview...