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Re:Getting hired after fifty by issa on Saturday April 30, 2022 @03:38PM (#31218618)
Are you aware that there were laws specifically targeting black people and women for hundreds of years in this country? Do you believe the fix for that is to simply not address it in any meaningful way? If not, what do you suggest?
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Re:Getting hired after fifty by georgia_peach on Saturday April 30, 2022 @03:55PM (#31218754)
The Jews were also targeted. It didn't stop them.

I don't see how what happened to my granddaddy, for good or for ill, has any bearing on my ability to practice, practice, practice, get good, and make it. As of 2015-16, NBA was 81.7% black.

Software is no different. The best tools are free. Internet is near-ubiquitous. A serviceable machine can be had for lawn-mowing money. There is no excuse.

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Re:Getting hired after fifty by pessimizer on Saturday April 30, 2022 @09:32PM (#31221249)
> The Jews were also targeted. It didn't stop them.

No, it stopped millions of them.

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Re:Getting hired after fifty by georgia_peach on Sunday May 01, 2022 @03:14AM (#31222874)
True, though the survivors have mostly excelled, and didn't need reverse discrimination to do so.
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