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Asian American Discrimination in Harvard Admissions [pdf]

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petilon ◴[25 Apr 20 02:22 UTC] No.22975004[source]▶
It is weird how racial diversity is given so much higher weight than other forms of diversity.

We are different in economic and social class, religion, politics, urban/rural, interest in sports, interest in music, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity and race.

And yet, when we talk about diversity race trumps all other forms of diversity. It is the most visible (other than gender) form of diversity. All other forms of diversity requires getting to know the person.

When it comes to discrimination, again, the most visible form of difference is the most common basis for discrimination.

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1. pcurve ◴[25 Apr 20 02:42 UTC] No.22975105[source]▶
exactly. don't forget personality diversity at work too.

I manage a team of border-line spectrum to extroverts. I love them all. Quieter ones bring a lot of values to the company, but guess who get all the recognition?

Workplace bias against certain personality types are a huge drag. For the most part, people are more or less born into their personality and predisposition. If not, it was influenced by their upbringing. Yet we feel it's ok to discriminate.