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by corporate_shi11 2344 days ago
And yet a board of all women, all black men, etc. would be celebrated. This is pure racism and sexism.

Unfortunately we live in an age when "white people" and men are unjustly blamed for many things, and the confluence of this blaming culture leads to the demonization of white men. This demonization is encouraged by many in the media, academia and HR departments. It masquerades as virtuous and "progressive" when it is just the opposite. People are reluctant to call it out for what it is because they are afraid of being slandered as racist or sexist.

Policies like Goldman's, while well intended, are ultimately regressive, racist and sexist. When we reduce individuals to their race and gender we fall farther back into the dark ages when these things mattered far more than they do now. Rather than running away from that time towards a world of equality and universal justice, these policies drag us back and breed only resentment and mutual distrust.

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>a world of equality and universal justice

>resentment and mutual distrust

which of these goals do you think an entity like Goldman Sachs is more likely to pursue?