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Re:Infosys asked HR not to hire 'Indian-origin candidates', ... by germandiago on Sunday October 09, 2022 @10:02AM (#33141129)
you can discrimnate against anyone and you do it every day.

When you choose your gf you discriminated another girl that liked you.

When you choose another coffee brand also.

When you hire someone also.

Ppl who pay the cost should be able to choose.

Any solution forcing the party paying to choose what you would like them to choose without you paying the cost is, IMHO , plain wrong.

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Re:Infosys asked HR not to hire 'Indian-origin candidates', ... by lvass on Sunday October 09, 2022 @10:31AM (#33141481)
Discrimination at least in this case means attributing value to a person (seemingly) belonging to a certain group. The word you're describing is called choice.
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Re:Infosys asked HR not to hire 'Indian-origin candidates', ... by germandiago on Sunday October 09, 2022 @01:13PM (#33143137)
When you choose something or someone you are assessing a value to it... that is the whole point.

You do not date X bc you prefer Y (higher value). You do it with everything... we do it. It is just how things are... that you choose one over the other makes the other the not chosen side of the thing. So yes, in some way you can see that as discrimination (even if we do not give it political meaning, it is still)

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