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As someone who is seemingly not from a preferred racial demo, I know exactly what this person is talking about.
by 7speter 3y ago
As someone who is seemingly not from a preferred racial demo, I know exactly what this person is talking about.
- GreedClarifies 3y agoReally? Tech was predominantly white (as was the US) in the 70s, by the 90s Asians and Indians were over represented. I'll submit this is prima facie evidence that tech was (and is to some degree) highly meritocratic, and more so than any other large portion of the economy.
- tcmart14 3y agoI wouldn't waste me breath. These claims tend to come from people who are, "I didn't get hired because I am a white male." I've been on tons of interviews and have gotten tons of rejection and never once has a company told me its because I didn't fit their demographic or was a white male. But these people will claim that. In reality, they just think they have sunshine coming out of their asses and need an excuse to justify their hurt ego.
- DrThunder 3y agoWhether or not it's true I don't know, but your claim that it doesn't exist because they didn't tell you is ignorant. IF they were doing this they're not going to explicitly tell you they are because it's a massive lawsuit waiting to happen. What they are doing though is putting in laws, regulations, and culture pressure that incentivize them not to hire white males, or at least hire less of them. That's objectively true.
- BuyMyBitcoins 3y ago>”I've been on tons of interviews and have gotten tons of rejection and never once has a company told me its because I didn't fit their demographic or was a white male.” And you never will because it would be insane for any employer to make an admission that they discriminated against you. For one thing they’d have nothing to gain by telling you that, and, if they did tell it would make for an open and shut discrimination lawsuit.
- booleandilemma 3y agoNo offense, but you sound a little naive. Your account was created somewhat recently, so I'm going to guess you're a young person and you're trying to keep a bright, optimistic attitude towards life :) That's a good thing, but you should know there's all kinds of discrimination out there, and anyone, of any race, can be a victim.
- seanmcdirmid 3y agoThey would never say that, and it could always be "we have too many white guys already, we want some more diversity instead!" But in my experience, it only seems to be used as a tie breaker, companies will mostly go for best professional fit before they consider anything else.
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- dryrun 3y agoOr an example that time changes, the same way banking or agriculture or pretty much anything used to be some way until we discovered that this or that way resulted in more performance or ROI? I don't deny your view, and I agree that it may be a little more meritocratic, but maybe not endeudamiento anymore.
- rexpop 3y ago> by the 90s Asians and Indians were over represented That's evidence of US tech industry's massive racism factor: that our endemic Black and Latino populations (40%) are underrepresented while this clear minority of Asian Americans (6%) are elevated?
- mkl95 3y agoIt's like these people have forgotten there are non white and non Asian people in tech. I wonder why.
- 7speter 3y agoAsians and Indians can be racist too. Also, those groups aren't the only minorities on earth.
- dragonwriter 3y ago> I'll submit this is prima facie evidence that tech was (and is to some degree) highly meritocratic How do you imagine that constitutes evidence of meritocracy?