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> The fact that she was a woman and black ultimately didn't make a difference to the, presumably, white men that hired her. so sticking it out is a credit to her. it's likely though that the industry missed out on others who were qualified, but too put off to get that far.
I've deleted my comment out of respect for raganwald's mother. Even I have lines I won't cross...
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It's a story about someone who, despite proving themselves to be capable and talented as their peers, would have been passed over if they hadn't fought to be recognized. Ultimately her race/gender didn't make a difference, but it certainly made getting where she wanted an ordeal.
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> The fact that she was a woman and black ultimately didn't make a difference to the, presumably, white men that hired her. so sticking it out is a credit to her. it's likely though that the industry missed out on others who were qualified, but too put off to get that far.
Damn it, I didn't click on the link at the end. I've deleted my comment out of respect for raganwald's mother. Even I have lines I won't cross...
There were a lot of questions about numbers such as guessing the next number in a sequence. There were some logic puzzles, the kind where you have to figure out that it’s the baker who rides a bicycle and the mechanic who lives in the house with a red door. There were some strange questions where she was given a sketch of a three dimensional figure such as a cube with some missing pieces, and she had to guess which s…
I think you'd be surprised just how biased some of them are, and how reliant on cultural knowledge.
There were a lot of questions about numbers such as guessing the next number in a sequence. There were some logic puzzles, the kind where you have to figure out that it’s the baker who rides a bicycle and the mechanic who lives in the house with a red door. There were some strange questions where she was given a sketch of a three dimensional figure such as a cube with some missing pieces, and she had to guess which s…
I had a good friend who studied school psychology, and she let me see some of the IQ tests in use. I think you'd be surprised just how biased some of them are, and how reliant on cultural knowledge.
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> The fact that she was a woman and black ultimately didn't make a difference to the, presumably, white men that hired her. so sticking it out is a credit to her. it's likely though that the industry missed out on others who were qualified, but too put off to get that far.
There were a lot of questions about numbers such as guessing the next number in a sequence. There were some logic puzzles, the kind where you have to figure out that it’s the baker who rides a bicycle and the mechanic who lives in the house with a red door. There were some strange questions where she was given a sketch of a three dimensional figure such as a cube with some missing pieces, and she had to guess which s…