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Re:A Woman’s Story
by xibernetik on Thursday March 29, 2012 @03:24PM
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However, she had to go above and beyond to prove she was that capable and talented - she and her family had to fight to get her placed in a non-trade school and she had to take additional tests to show that her scores were legitimate. If she had been a white male, she would have been placed in the appropriate secondary school immediately and she would have been hired on the spot without further issue.
It's a story about someone who, despite proving themselves to be capable and talented as their peers, would have been passed over if they hadn't fought to be recognized. Ultimately her race/gender didn't make a difference, but it certainly made getting where she wanted an ordeal.
> The fact that she was a woman and black ultimately didn't make a difference to the, presumably, white men that hired her.
so sticking it out is a credit to her.
it's likely though that the industry missed out on others who were qualified, but too put off to get that far.
And it's still missing out. My girlfriend was told that she was "in the wrong room" for one of her comp sci exams, back in the dark ages of... 2000 or so, in one of the most progressive countries in the world.
Re:A Woman’s Story
by cantastoria on Thursday March 29, 2012 @03:21PM
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Damn it, I didn't click on the link at the end.
I've deleted my comment out of respect for raganwald's mother. Even I have lines I won't cross...