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Re: PhD gets 5x increase in postdoc interview invitations by just changing his name

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Not all Muslims are religious nutjobs either.

on the other hand, all the religious nutjobs I met at work were Muslims. But that might be a sample bias as I'm in Western Europe and not the US

I fail to see how this refutes my argument.

Maybe you wanted an outlet to air your grievances or vent your frustration with past experiences that you might have had with individuals from the Muslim community, which is totally understandable, but still my argument holds true and you're painting with a broad brush here.

Re: PhD gets 5x increase in postdoc interview invitations by just changing his name

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Not commenting on that post because I didn’t see it but just noting. Some people support affirmative action. There are arguments that can be used that are somewhat convincing. Correcting generational feedback loops is hard and may require more than just blind indifference. Personally I think affirmative action can go too far, but it is very much a live issue in politics for good reason. Meanwhile there aren’t many wh…

> Meanwhile there aren’t many who would say discrimination against > people from the Middle East is good You assumed that the poster was from the Middle East by the name Mohammed. But his name, accounting for spelling variations, is the most popular male name in Britain for well over a decade.

In addition to what pseudalopex said I was figuring the thing to think about was what the people evaluating him would assume, not anything true or false about him. Just like say a trans man may still experience sexism aimed at women
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