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So, from the outside looking in knowing this is a tough subject to "sum up" in a few paragraphs ... What's the end goal? I find it incredibly more insulting,

by __abc 14y ago

So, from the outside looking in knowing this is a tough subject to "sum up" in a few paragraphs ... What's the end goal? I find it incredibly more insulting, demeaning, and counter productive to include someone JUST because they are white, black, female, asian, etc. It's just as discriminatory as excluding them. In fact, in my opinion, it's far worse. It's discrimination masquerading as equality. You want everyone treated equal? Awesome. The best speakers get in, period. You vary from that in either direction, and you are embracing inequality.

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- ahelwer 14y ago
  I think HN needs to read Garann Mean's kickass blog post on "meritocracy" again: http://www.garann.com/dev/2012/you-keep-using-that-word/ http://www.garann.com/dev/2012/you-keep-using-that-word/
  - e12e 14y ago
    Thanks for this link, hadn't seen it before. Made me go and find: http://www.unz.org/Pub/Encounter-1958oct-00003 http://www.unz.org/Pub/Encounter-1958oct-00003 Which was the only freely available on line copy of the original essay I could find.