mindover

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by mindover 4y ago
Don’t count where? If a person looks like they are from a warmer region and speaks Portuguese - unless they object - they will be classified as a PoC by most people in the US. Maybe the government disagrees but that is relevant only in very
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by mindover 4y ago
There is way more to race classification than the government classification. Talking to people, selecting the right choice in a questionnaire, applying for a job - no one is verifying person’s ancestry. If you are from Brazil you are a PoC
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by mindover 4y ago
I disagree. This is just a different relationship with work - not better and not worse. Being focused on career advancements doesn’t make them (sorry for generalizing again) worse engineers or worse colleagues. Eg I don’t care about my IC l
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by mindover 4y ago
I know I am not in a position to complain (I am a “white” European) but I would be furious if I was so often grouped into a completely arbitrary race/ethnicity/skin color/country of birth based group and made assumptions abou
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by mindover 4y ago
How is it describing it though? What does a white-looking immigrant Brazilian of European ancestry have in common with a Native American? How does labeling both as PoC address any inequality?
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by mindover 4y ago
It’s ok to question any hiring discrimination and share personal observations about group behavior. However I agree with you that some of the comments are close to being derogatory. In my experience (as I have shared below) many Indians are
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by mindover 4y ago
There is no group culture fit at tech companies. It’s always a company culture fit, ie “groupless” in theory.
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by mindover 4y ago
In my experience many Indians are very career oriented (mean that with no criticism). Ie they focus on promotions, career advancements, power consolidation, and not as much on work as the end goal in itself. Again, not criticizing, just an
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by mindover 4y ago
Never noticed that in tech. I guess flattery is not very common in this industry in general.
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by mindover 4y ago
Agreed. The dream is for everyone to have a medal and cake. Even for disadvantaged while people in the US, who are not “colonizers” or some lucky “white privilege” beneficiaries.
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by mindover 4y ago
It sounds more and more like in the US (and, perhaps, in Canada too) people are being divided into essentially 2 categories: white and non-white. But to complicate things, people with identical ancestry and of identical skin color can be co
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by mindover 4y ago
Interesting, looks like some sexual orientations fall into the “underrepresented community” definition. I wonder how the gauge this type of diversity. Would it be “sufficient” if half of the board are bisexual white men?
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by mindover 4y ago
Why are you conflating interpersonal racism with systemic? Both exist. If a white person is racist towards a black person do you call that racial bias? If you do, you are just replacing the established definition of racism, not addressing t
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by mindover 4y ago
Racism by default means interpersonal racism. That’s why when we talk about systemic racism we add this qualifier. There might not be systemic anti-white racism in the US but there is certainly interpersonal racism against whites in the US.
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by mindover 4y ago
Out of interest, are you still considered a person of color in the US?
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by mindover 4y ago
Technically there are more options, I agree. Practically very often these options are divided into whites (includes Asians) and people of color (includes Latinos but blacks have priority).
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by mindover 4y ago
Huh I didn’t know that! So does it mean that websites internationalize even the salutations? Do they replace “Hi Joe” with “Good day Mr. Brown” in Germany?
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by mindover 4y ago
My understanding is that asking the sexual orientation question is illegal at least in some states. Personally never been asked that by any employer in CA.
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by mindover 4y ago
If they know your race they can limit the amount of racism allocated to you by the company /s
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by mindover 4y ago
Most of the time in the US race means skin color. Which is somewhat ironic for a society so attached to Martin Luther King’s Jr. values.
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by mindover 4y ago
Seems like you are equating open source to free. No reason to do that - you can have a monetized open source product.
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by mindover 4y ago
So what age were the French talking about? It’s absolutely hilarious that you justify 13 year olds being able to give consent today while posturing about some French petitions from 50 years ago (that did not result in any laws even remotely
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by mindover 4y ago
Yes, at that time men under the age of 21 were considered children not being able to give consent specifically to having gay sex. However, men of the same age were not considered children when having straight sex. Do you see a problem with
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by mindover 4y ago
Amazing! Love heavy CSS experiments
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by mindover 4y ago
If you take legitimate criticism of your country so personally then maybe watching late night comedy shows is not for you. This shouldn’t have much to do with the presenter’s country of birth unless this somehow clouds your own judgment. Ol
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by mindover 4y ago
I thought they were from Belgium originally.
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by mindover 4y ago
Firstly, you are twisting my words. I have never said that genital mutilation is culture war, only that you are obsessed with it. Secondly, you have demonstrated your inability to have an honest discussion without trying to “mutilate” your
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by mindover 4y ago
Why are you posting this drivel? The links show a much more nuanced discussion than what you are trying to imply. The French demanded to end the discrimination against gay men as by law gay sex was prohibited until the age of 21, but the ag
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by mindover 4y ago
I am including SF proper neighborhoods in that. If you live in Twin Peaks it’s much easier to be “progressive” and ignore homelessness.
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by mindover 4y ago
But... San Franciscans don't want to live in a city like Tokyo or Taipei. Who would benefit from this changing city with taller buildings? Not many San Franciscans want that, so newcomers? I am not convinced either. People love the Bay

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