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0 pointspessimizer10y ago0 comments

Not discriminating against people not like you has absolutely nothing to do with "diversity for its own sake."

Honestly, if when I go in to interview with you, you're already having a mental narrative and discussion with yourself about "diversity candidates", I'd prefer you didn't get to know me. Just ask me technical questions, please; I'm begging for a whiteboard to get out of that. Or a different face to wear when I go to job interviews.

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humanrebar10y ago

> I'd prefer you didn't get to know me

I'd prefer not think about it and just get to know people as well. That's what I was trying to get at.

It's disappointing that my attempt to express the catch-22 from my end turns you off to the point of ending the conversation. This is part of the problem with 'diversity' qua 'diversity' IMO.

Culture blew past tolerance and on to something else a long time ago. I'm not sure we want real diversity so much.

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