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A recent survey on hiring practices led by hiring software company Greenhouse found "pretty sobering stats" about discrimination in hiring processes.

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[โ€“] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am sure nothing will go wrong with hiring people based on race instead of merit.

[โ€“] JasSmith@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Unfortunately racism is baked into university admission and corporate hiring practises now. Advocates like Ibram Kendi argue that modern day racism is required to address historical racism. The large majority of us in the middle, between the two racist extremes, disagree.