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Re:David Bonderman Resigns from Uber Board by aaron-lebo on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @10:59PM (#14550404)
Yeah, optics matter, but a reasonable person might take your comment as saying "optics matter more than merit".

Your last sentence doesn't follow. Maybe you could replace a sexist old man with a man who isn't sexist?

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Re:David Bonderman Resigns from Uber Board by pheldagryph on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @03:12AM (#14551160)
I would rejoinder with: the optics are the merit. These are only board members, after all.
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Re:David Bonderman Resigns from Uber Board by dogecoinbase on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @11:13PM (#14550448)
Maybe you could replace a sexist old man with a man who isn't sexist?

This is not testable. Move what you can measure.

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Re:David Bonderman Resigns from Uber Board by aaron-lebo on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @11:15PM (#14550452)
Ok, so how do you test that a female hire isn't racist?
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Re:David Bonderman Resigns from Uber Board by nemothekid on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @11:58PM (#14550570)
By not moving the goalposts.
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