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Re:Four times I felt discriminated against for being a femal... by cambalache on Monday March 08, 2021 @05:49PM (#26392724)
The common minority person hates it usually. The more vocal ones are the people who directly benefit from this system, they effectively have a rent-seeking behavior hidden behind the "diversity" umbrella.
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Re:Four times I felt discriminated against for being a femal... by malandrew on Monday March 08, 2021 @06:34PM (#26393146)
>they effectively have a rent-seeking behavior hidden behind the "diversity" umbrella

It's the Diversity & Inclusion Industrial Complex and it's related to all the other "industrial complexes" that form in that it's just a problem/industry specific manifestation of the Shirky Principle:

https://kk.org/thetechnium/the-shirky-prin/

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