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by JCTheDenthog 22 days ago
>There's a problem with tech hiring and nobody wants to talk about it because most people are unaware.

And those who are aware and bring it up often get accused of racism when they do, making it difficult to spread awareness of this awful practice.
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giancarlostoro 22 days ago
The funny thing is I am considered a minority, but apparently not the “right kind” of minority. I think outside of being accused of racism I suspect some people anticipate HR level retaliation as well.
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ViktorRay 22 days ago
Which countries are you all talking about?
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eneveu 22 days ago
Probably India. I'm from Europe but have read in the past about this on Reddit / HN.

More info: https://qz.com/india/889524/the-us-says-oracle-is-encouragin...

https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/09/09/h-1b-san-jose-tech-fi...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41785265

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