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by rayiner 1327 days ago
Don't forget your demographic adjustments! The ~5% of Fortune 500 Board seats held by Asians corresponds roughly to the share of the population that's Asians who are citizens, fluent in English, and in the age bracket for that kind of position. As to "Hollywood" and "art"--let white kids waste their lives on such pursuits.
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> As to "Hollywood" and "art"--let white kids waste their lives on such pursuits.

This sentence comes out as both racist and elitist at the same time.

Music and art (as careers) are elitist. Those careers didn’t exist in my dad’s third world village.
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