What I sometimes don't understand, is the emphasis on being a female / ethnic minority like in this post. Sure, some people are intolerant, but if you go with

What I sometimes don't understand, is the emphasis on being a female / ethnic minority like in this post. Sure, some people are intolerant, but if you go with 'maybe: being the only female / minority' it gives me a feeling that you expect some special treatment because of your gender or ethnicity. It gives me a feeling that it is an employee who is a potential liability (e.g. the paragraph about sports 'asking a female candidate if they understand a basic sports rule (or any other male dominated theme) comes across as belittling and sexist'). Do I want a potential law suit or bad press because maybe some one didn't invite her to watch a football game after work or anything like that? Emmm that's a bit of risk. I understand that sometimes it's tough to be in a minority but it doesn't mean you need to put so much emphasis on it. Just calm down and down assume people are racist by default. Because they are not.