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Re:PSF has withdrawn $1.5M proposal to US Government grant p... by trehalose on Monday October 27, 2025 @01:17PM (#45723685)
Would you still be the best person for your current role if you'd been excluded from your education and training/previous roles based on your ethnicity/sex?
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Re:PSF has withdrawn $1.5M proposal to US Government grant p... by philipallstar on Monday October 27, 2025 @01:18PM (#45723707)
Definitely not, if I'd not had the relevant education, training, or experience. But we have a giant, expensive state and corporate apparatus to correct this, but it's not based on this actual experience. It's based on demographics. Making it incredibly inaccurate.
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