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by notpushkin 1311 days ago
How does this work? Surely you can't be white, say you're black and not get caught. Is that data perhaps anonymized?
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How would they catch you? It's very possible to be of African descent and have white skin. Are they going to DNA test you?
Does it also work if you say you identify as a female even though you are a male biologically?
If it doesn't yet then give it 5 years tops.
Gender identity is frequently visible. I don't think many people are going to fraudulently represent their gender identity for a misguided chance at a job.
Well, I can imagine that people who aren't “proper” trans but are comfortable with, say, crossdressing start doing it in order to get benefits. Can't say I'm against that (more femboys IRL :^) and also this is on the queer-ish side so they probably still should get some preference if hiring process does take gender identity into account already.
True but I can't imagine a company calling someone on it. Too explosive of a topic.