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Affirmative action is definitely racist and sexist. Without it, maybe it is in some cases.

Less women studied CS than men and less apply. The image used to be merit. Now its all fucked up.

Yeh, US is pretty intense for social justice. I'd love to see a timeline and some kind of justification as to why it became such a strong force. I remember not even knowing what "s…

> Lowering your hiring standards for women can give people like me the lingering self doubt that maybe I wasn’t good enough. Worse, it gives many techbros reasons to believe that h…

I've always wondered about this. People never really talk about it, but I see the "cool" factor as pivotal. Smart social people want to be bankers, lawyers, doctors, management con…

Very true. Its like bike-shedding.

> These people are americans now. Wouldn't "our own" as used earlier also include "these people"? I think you are injecting context which was never there in the first place.

Next you will tell me SV is a meritocracy...

And if someone you are interested in sleeping with does it to you (whilst holding power over you) - you are going to complain about that?

Shouldn't we help the ones already here first?

India and China have over 1bn people. Their countries are inferior to he US in so many ways. Of course they want to come here, and if there was no cap on the number, they would dri…

I think this is called hustle, is it not? Is this not proof the media is losing touch with reality...

> This will totally make someone uncomfortable, especially when they're probably already sweating about the recruiting process. But from a male perspective (in the hypothetical abo…

> objectively wrong Where can I find a list of "objectively wrong" things, and is there some kind of formal process to challenge them?

If its your sister, if the police flirt with her, she will probably have an easier time in jail, maybe able to get preferential treatment. Good if you are the guilty criminal. So A…

Welcome to the progressive left...

You know a large percentage of long-term relationships start in an office setting.

> During the recruiting process, Mr. McClure, a founder of 500 Startups and an investor, sent her a Facebook message that read in part, “I was getting confused figuring out whether…

So sad how everyone has been brainwashed onto this feminist band-wagon. Before everyone was chill, and now everyone is on the hunt for the slightest sign of sexism like its a treas…

I really want to understand the internal monologue of these people. There is some culmination of factors that must result in this need to fight injustice. It just feels like they h…

> 'every time' ...is clearly figuratively as the commenter mentioned.

But all the things you mentioned could easily happen to a non-Black. I've read tons of Medium posts about this stuff, and everything I read can equally apply to non-Blacks, and as …

Sets a good precedent doesn't it? I hate what this PC culture has become. You have to watch yourself so carefully or you will get publicly shamed like this. And if someone over rea…

> I recall studies that women are less likely to ask for raises or are worse at haggling. The issue I see is that a lot of these issues are just about being in "a minority group". …