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Re:American society is so focused on race that it is blind t... by hotpotamus on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @09:20PM (#33445457)
I recently went down a bit of a rabbit hole and learned about "pre-code" Hollywood. There's actually a 1933 movie called "Baby Face" that features a woman who does basically sleep her way to the top of a company (despite being pre-code, it's still quite chaste by modern standards and much is left to implication, but it's not subtle). So the trope does indeed have some history.
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Re:American society is so focused on race that it is blind t... by etchalon on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @10:09PM (#33445980)
The notion that the reason certain groups of people aren't taken seriously in certain roles is because of "D&I" or "AA" is flatly ahistorical.

Certain people just refuse to accept certain groups of people are capable of accomplishment without outside help or uniquely uncommon circumstances.

But every generation finds some excuse that their prejudices are "rational".

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Re:American society is so focused on race that it is blind t... by yucky on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @11:09PM (#33446507) 

   Certain people just refuse to accept certain groups of people are capable of accomplishment without outside help or uniquely uncommon circumstances.
Sounds like the solution then is to remove that outside help, and thus all doubt. Right?
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Re:American society is so focused on race that it is blind t... by etchalon on Thursday November 03, 2022 @12:34AM (#33447035)
Not until you can remove the reason the help is needed.
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