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by bsanr2 7y ago
I think this is important, as a black man. Reclamation is a mechanism for ego defense for marginalized people, sort of the flip side of stereotype threat: recognizing a negative aspect of your racialization, and then flipping it into a posi
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We know what racism begets. We've seen the way that it has been used to warp inquiry, ethical guidelines, and clinical outcomes, often unintentionally and through processes that diffuse blame to below the level of individual bigotry. I
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>Of course it's easier to fight enemies who are out in the open, distinct, and widespread. And it's harder to fight enemies that are well-camouflaged. Thank you for answering the question. >I take issue with your insinuation
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by bsanr2 7y ago
You could answer this question: >Is it easier or harder to fight discrimination in, say, employment when, "We don't hire negroes," is stated upfront, compared to when black applicants are denied for "cultural fit&quot
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The tendency to say, "Don't worry, we've got it covered," is precisely where my worry stems from. It is better than not having any awareness of the potential problems, to be sure, but only so much so. Your last analogy i
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by bsanr2 7y ago
I don't think you fully answered either of my questions. I appreciate that your limited personal experience is closer to what we would like to see, at least in your telling of it. I still await your further thoughts.
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It was meant to be exemplary of the tone of the comment section writ large, and not a direct challenge to that particular comment. I'm dismayed that the level of discourse here matches, approximately, those on certain imageboards which
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by bsanr2 7y ago
>Such systems of discrimination surely aren't more powerful now How do you figure? Is it easier or harder to fight discrimination in, say, employment when, "We don't hire negroes," is stated upfront, compared to when
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As much as HN's readers need to see articles like this, I don't know if the sophistication levels on this topic are high enough to handle the discussion that's ensued. "Or, you know, fathers," is a... disappointing
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>White people who grow up poor and/or with single mothers are also highly likely to end up in prison compared to the normal population. They are, however, much less likely to be arrested, convicted, and sentenced to lengthy terms th
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I also question the methodology behind those statistics. Many of them only count married parents as not being "single." My father would have counted for my sister, post-divorce, despite being a highly-ranked officer in the militar
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On Larry Elder: https://www.gocomics.com/boondocks/2003/11/19 And if you deem it beneath HN's standards to quote a comic strip as a response to another post, well, I would say the same about quoting Larr
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We say "unpalatable," but what we really mean is "politically incorrect." There are segments of our society which would be overjoyed to have such "concrete" evidence of their terrible beliefs. Therefore, it is
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Time is money, so betting on action with no immediate benefit (reading a book, voting for the "correct" candidate from the wrong party) versus action with immediate benefits (the dopamine rush from playing a video game, or skippin
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Please change the title back. While the new one is the same as the source, it is less descriptive of the content of the actual article.
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Theory vs practice.
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I think it's less a matter of motivation than of means, which is itself not merely a matter of access to resources, but also of risk tolerance.
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>or that we weren't measuring the right thing in the first place. Which has been true, actually. For example, human facial recognition systems that can't properly distinguish dark-skinned faces. What is your conclusion in those
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Because, at the same time that this is happening, the capacity for a single actor to wreak catastrophic destruction or violence is increasing. If that "viable option" increases the number of discontented people who increasingly ha
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People buy smartphones instead of CDs, movie tickets, and new cars.
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Improvements in productivity are only benefitting people who own a critical mass of capital and can therefore dictate where the return on productivity gains go.
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I filed with TurboTax that year.
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Bias in Professionalism Standards(ssir.org)
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by bsanr2 7y ago
Confirming. In college, I received what I thought was a decent windfall for a young adult (and what was roughly what people say should be enough to "get started" investing). I invested it. This was just after the rally post-recess
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by bsanr2 7y ago
Well, not everyone. There were protests throughout the length of the war. A lot of people looked at the history of US intervention, of foreign intervention in Afghanistan, and at the motivations of the people calling the shots, and said, fr
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That low wage workers have been treading or below water with their wage growth vis a vis inflation and necessity costs (which have risen as much as twice the rate of inflation) for decades now. Things are not "good” just because we may
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We are profoundly unprepared to delve into such research, in a manner akin to, say, a preschooler attempting to study the structure and process behind the creation of a photorealistic 3DCG scene. They can recognize colors and how they delin
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So the question is then if that phase is truly necessary for success or not. A lot of people say, "They grew out of it," but then to look at people who "know their worth and limits" early, they're not nearly as succ
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by bsanr2 7y ago
I feel like many workplaces push you to do this, regardless of the prospects. I've worked dead-end admin positions where I was expected to give inordinate amount of myself - my time, my energy, my focus - to work that was, as per the d
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by bsanr2 7y ago
The opposite also happens: barring multi-family dwellings that would reduce costs, and enacting codes that would allow for cheaper, but still safe, dwellings. The former is happening in pretty much every city, and there's no shortage

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