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> inorities friends to remove their pictures from LinkedIn and use American sounding names. i assume minorities here doesn't include Indians.
When I say minority I mean anyone who doesn't have a European or American sounding name. Even white people with "strange names" benefit.
Any opinions, thoughts and ideas that are expressed on ycombinator that are not left-wing and don't tow the liberal line are being deleted. It's not that there aren't people who disagree with these bullshit articles, it's that ycombinator mods are literally deleting and banning users who express opinions that aren't "correct".
Unsurprising. I tell all of my minorities friends to remove their pictures from LinkedIn and use American sounding names. The increase in callbacks always shocks me. You can do this experiment in reverse yourself if you already have an American sounding name. Unfortunately the real solution, anonymity, will probably never be adopted because there are groups who benefit from being identified. There's way too much many…
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When I say minority I mean anyone who doesn't have a European or American sounding name. Even white people with "strange names" benefit.
This is one reason why I advocate giving your kids (if in America, at least) really boring names. Just scratch anything remotely strange off the list, and forget about it. If you can't imagine a Kennedy or a character on 1950s US TV having the name, don't use it. Having a "special" name is unlikely to bring any benefit, and may well have significant social costs (plus having always to repeat yourself and spell your n…
Why is it considered racist to postulate that perhaps blacks and latinos ARENT as capable as whites so therefore they require more assistance?
Unsurprising. I tell all of my minorities friends to remove their pictures from LinkedIn and use American sounding names. The increase in callbacks always shocks me. You can do this experiment in reverse yourself if you already have an American sounding name. Unfortunately the real solution, anonymity, will probably never be adopted because there are groups who benefit from being identified. There's way too much many…
If blacks and latinos are as capable as whites, why are they incapable of achievement without white peoples help? Why is it considered racist to postulate that perhaps blacks and latinos ARENT as capable as whites so therefore they require more assistance?
It has nothing to do with race. It's all about culture and socioeconomics.
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." We're tired of obsessing about race. We're tired of having accusations of racism, sexism, whatever-the-next-trendy-ism crammed down our throats at every opportunity. The reality is, urban black (and to a similar extent latino) CULTURE does not valu…
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." We're tired of obsessing about race. We're tired of having accusations of racism, sexism, whatever-the-next-trendy-ism crammed down our throats at every opportunity. The reality is, urban black (and to a similar extent latino) CULTURE does not valu…
I have no interest in deleting your comment, but I am interested in rational debate.
1. What is your evidence for this?
2. Why would this explain a decline in representation? Do you believe that "urban black" culture has started devaluing education?
3. If, indeed, you're tired of thinking about race, why is your analysis based on "urban black" culture? Why not urban culture in general? There are plenty of inner-city whites and Asians, no?
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." We're tired of obsessing about race. We're tired of having accusations of racism, sexism, whatever-the-next-trendy-ism crammed down our throats at every opportunity. The reality is, urban black (and to a similar extent latino) CULTURE does not valu…