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Re:Young White Dudes Are Decidedly Opting Out of the Whole ‘... by jstewartmobile on Sunday May 26, 2019 @01:43PM (#20016237)
Most state hiring boards (schools, colleges, administrators, etc) and federal contractors add points to minority, female, and veteran candidates--essentially a deduct from white male non-veterans.

That they are still winning with a handicap doesn't change the fact that they are being penalized.

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Re:Young White Dudes Are Decidedly Opting Out of the Whole ‘... by Dylan16807 on Sunday May 26, 2019 @01:52PM (#20016299)
The veteran one is the only one deliberately biasing things away from neutral. And shouldn't neutral total bias be the goal?

Fighting bias with bias is not as good as fixing root causes, but it works in more places.

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Re:Young White Dudes Are Decidedly Opting Out of the Whole ‘... by jstewartmobile on Sunday May 26, 2019 @01:58PM (#20016342)
Why not just do "blind auditions" like some of the orchestras?

Far less subjective compared to adding points when you have no idea what a person's back-story is.

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Re:Young White Dudes Are Decidedly Opting Out of the Whole ‘... by Dylan16807 on Sunday May 26, 2019 @02:01PM (#20016364)
Sure, go for it.

Lots of subjective hiring practices are terrible.

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Re:Young White Dudes Are Decidedly Opting Out of the Whole ‘... by zimablue on Sunday May 26, 2019 @02:56PM (#20016704)
Because it's a false assumption that the "natural" distribution perfectly reflects the demographics of the population.
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