throwaway120398

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   by throwaway120398 5y ago

   > That practice, where the person hiring always defaults to the white person, even in a mixed group of people with equal skill, is what's problematic, and what needs to be tackled. Yes, I agree this needs to be tackled (an understat
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   by throwaway120398 5y ago

   So if I understand your point correctly, you're suggesting that all forms of discrimination based on innate characteristics are acceptable, as long as there is advantage to the business?
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   by throwaway120398 5y ago

   Somehow many people in this thread are jumping to rebut the idea of meritocratic hiring. I'm with you on that. I think meritocracy is a naive idea and it's actively damaging when hiring teams think they can boil the talent of cand
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   by throwaway120398 5y ago

   Does anyone have any idea where to actually have this discussion?
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   by throwaway120398 5y ago

   I'm afraid that, to my mind, it doesn't matter whether the goal is to discriminate or not. The discrimination itself is a problem, and we'd be better agreeing that this is a place we will not go to, no matter the end.
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   Ask HN: Is discrimination to promote diversity okay?

   136 points by throwaway120398 5y ago|105 comments