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by pygy_ 2909 days ago
Then someone @-mentioned the conference, and he replied this in Czech (translation courtesy of Google Translate):

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About three hours ago, they came back from my mail, where they again rejected my talk proposal (or all the Xs that I sent - as every year). Chance? I do not think. :P

Original:

Cca tři hodiny nazpět mi od nich přišel mail, kde opět zamítli muj talk proposal (resp. všech X, co jsem -- jako každoročně -- poslal). Náhoda? Nemyslím si. :P

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In other words, he suggested that his talks were rejected because of positive discrimination towards minority groups, and he's critical of such discrimination.

I understand the conference could take offense with such statements (whether or not the talks were rejected for that reason).