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I don't think I've ever been discriminated against for being Latin. Quite the contrary, I likely had significant advantages on account of my race in university
by Manuel_D 4y ago
I don't think I've ever been discriminated against for being Latin. Quite the contrary, I likely had significant advantages on account of my race in university admissions. I'm not sure if I've had such advantages in tech hiring, as I don't outwardly advertise my Latin identity precisely because I don't want progressive race-realists to use it as a factor in hiring, but if they did find it it probably did help.
Unlike military service which has a discrete set of experiences and criteria, race is just something you're born with.
- kodah 4y agoEvery story is going to be different I think. Having tools that marginally shift our statistical outcomes makes sense to me. What doesn't make sense to me is the people who propose specific proportions as a set of diversity criteria, as it's difficult to determine what those proportions should be. At the moment I think most people are comfortable saying, "better than what they are". It also stands out in my mind that most of these statistics rely on self-identification. I don't know if anyone's dug into the validity of self-identification.
- Manuel_D 4y agoIf the current representation is X% and you want it to be "better" than what they are then you're just implicitly setting a quota of (X+1)%.