Yes. Companies want competence. Those other attributes are unimportant. If they become important, it's called "racism" or "sexism". We don't want those.
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I don't doubt that you think that. And many folks see this is a fair minded way to think, because the playing field is so self-evidently level because of your pure minded intent, that this is the only rational choice. Data as
@sarahmei, pointed out, indicates otherwise.
The playing field is far from level, has never been level, and that's even true when every single person in the process is fully committed *in their own minds* to fairness. Empirically, discrimination on the basis of race and gender *happens anyway* even when it isn't intended.
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It's an illusion to think that any organized social process in the United States, given our social and political history, happens free of gender and racial discrimination. It isn't surprising that you might not see it if you are, like me, a white male. But it shows up in the data
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