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The goal is to increase diversity and support marginalized groups, not to “reduce overrepresentation” of socially dominant groups.
by jacobolus 4y ago
The goal is to increase diversity and support marginalized groups, not to “reduce overrepresentation” of socially dominant groups.
- bradleyjg 4y agoEast Asians are socially dominant in the US? That’s news to me.
- jacobolus 4y agoWhites and East Asians are socially dominant in many professional fields (e.g., relevant to this forum, computer programming) compared to some other groups, though you can certainly also find plenty of racism vs. East Asians in the USA.
- bradleyjg 4y agothough you can certainly also find plenty of racism vs. East Asians in the USA Harvard’s admission’s office, for example.
- MichaelCollins 4y agoHollywood as well, there's a notable dearth of East Asian male leads in Hollywood movies. (Latino male leads as well. Hollywood uses Black actors for to meet their diversity quotas, and largely ignore other minority ethnicity.)
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- midoridensha 4y agoYeah, Amazon's LotR Rings of Power was pretty remarkable for casting a Latino guy as a central character in the role of an Elf. It worked out pretty well, but I would have preferred if his hair was long.
- ProjectArcturis 4y agoWhat's the difference?
- headsoup 4y agoAA does the latter.