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by katscradle_1989 1232 days ago
This is ridiculous and also one of the reasons why Asians absolutely blow everyone else out of the water when it comes to academics and careers.

"Yes, you can still theoretically have a shot, you just have to be XXX% better than a {non-white-non-asian}{non-male}"

When you make it so one demographic has to grind a lot harder to get the same opportunities, you're only going to increase the gap between them.

Also this:

>so that other things being equal

Comical. So yes, all things being equal, you will not get a job vs another candidate strictly because they have the "correct" race and you don't. This is literally institutional racism. I'm supposed to tell my son that he has to study 10x harder, work 10x harder just to make sure he doesn't fall in the threshold where this DEI score won't hurt him?