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by kepler1 6y ago
Oh thank god. I thought the point was going to be that naming things after people was discriminatory to women and minorities.
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by kepler1 6y ago
I know the person's intentions are good in putting forth such an idea, but the problem with intentions is that they're always good. But they often ignore the bad side effects of the idea when it comes to putting it into practic
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by kepler1 6y ago
I guess most people here have never been in public safety or law enforcement. The number of drug-addled, violent, danger-to-themselves-and-others people encountered in the US is unusually high and increasing. This is compounded by the inabi
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by kepler1 6y ago
While I am somewhat (and really, only somewhat) in support of the grad students lobbying for better benefits, I am discouraged by UCSC essentially walking back any penalties for violating their no-strike clause. They agreed to terms, and a
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by kepler1 6y ago
I was told a saying that in China, at least you know who to bribe to get shit done. In India, you have no idea.
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by kepler1 6y ago
"Red Lives Matter!"
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by kepler1 6y ago
No issue? With someone carving their own desired message permanently onto public lands? When (if you go to Burning Man), by comparison, if you have bbq on the playa and leave a small mark, you'll be fined? https://burning
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by kepler1 6y ago
You can be absolutely assured that the act described in the story is illegal.
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by kepler1 6y ago
If you can't think of any concrete actions to remedy existing daily barriers, and can only get behind symbols that might vaguely get us there, then we're all going to be in for a bad time.
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by kepler1 6y ago
Tell me, how is admitting a student to university because of his/her race, or mandating having a female board member, going to decrease the mortgage rate offered to a black family in Cleveland? The problem with your approach (where it
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by kepler1 6y ago
> What they found was that patients were significantly more likely to follow the doctor's advice if the doctor was the same race as the patient. I heard that story/podcast too, and it may surprise you to know that I am totally
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by kepler1 6y ago
I disagree with your being downvoted. But I also disagree with your points. Because "role models" and "acknowledging barriers... identification, perspective, and connections" are codewords and a shield (and highly subjec
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by kepler1 6y ago
How do you know if the measurements you're taking at the end of the process are valid to interpret, if you don't know the inputs? I'm not willing to trust the one (or act on it in a way that distorts what could be an otherwis
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by kepler1 6y ago
That's fine, and I agree with many of your points. But if the problems really are as deep rooted in parenting and social expectations, then really people's attempts to change the outcome at the last step of a long process are the
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by kepler1 6y ago
Maybe I'm getting more conservative and irritable in my old age, but I've really gotten saturated and tired of diversity, diversity, diversity -- "we should reflect who our customers are", etc. As if that's the du
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by kepler1 6y ago
This is getting really frustrating. How many tech company equity-based judgement calls are we going to be subjected to, that will not be extended to other groups that aren't the popular favorites of the moment? How about tags for res
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by kepler1 6y ago
I would have loved it if the Zuckerberg endowment was an annual donation to the hospital's bottom line. Then we'll see whether the doctors and nurses are willing to put their money where their mouths are, and make some real respo
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by kepler1 6y ago
I hesitate to stray into political territory, but maybe we can discuss without animosity or vehemence from others. As an immigration lawyer, you undoubtedly see the complexity and huge volume of paperwork needed for even talented and skille
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by kepler1 6y ago
I don't think people should either deceive themselves about the existence of or the downsides of attempting to follow pure meritocracy. Nor should they ignore people who have been disadvantaged. But when we create a system for recogni
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by kepler1 6y ago
You mean, it's not the 25% discount lane to you?
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by kepler1 6y ago
You know, the problem with letting people's sudden emotions swing you back and forth without possibility of reasonable discussion is that some day it will come to bite you in the ass. That is, in terms of what kind of behavior you&#x2
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by kepler1 6y ago
I guess doctors who treat end stage dementia need to have had it too? The wish to have a person of the same race solve the problems of race are understandable. But I would encourage you all to hope for the better situation which is that an
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by kepler1 6y ago
Well, this is somewhat meaningful in that they do something that actually costs something. But the principle is wrong. And, will they do this for other minorities when they suffer discrimination at the hands of the state? How about poor p
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by kepler1 6y ago
You defeat your own cause by insisting that only people of the same race can help solve it. "Would you refuse to be treated by a doctor for cancer, unless he himself has had cancer?"
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by kepler1 6y ago
The notion that only representatives from those who suffer racism or oppression can be the ones to get us out of it, is an attitude that hinders all of us from making progress against it.
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by kepler1 8y ago
Rant: I imagine that you, posting this story, or even some reading this thread, are doing so with the sentiment that "oh no, these unfortunate long time residents are being displaced", and that some cruel unfeeling capitalist soci