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Old 27th Mar 2021, 01:46
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neville_nobody
 
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The problem with giving jobs to the best candidates is that certain demographics may predominant and there won’t be enough diversity. In the USA for example, Jews are heavily over represented in the field of neurosurgery and basketball teams are almost entirely comprised of tall young black males.

This is being noticed in university admission as well where Asians and Jews score higher on entrance exams and get admitted in a much higher percentage than the percentage they make up of the general population.
Harvard have been taken to court about discriminating against students of Asian heritage to maintain diversity.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-...icans/11566354

Are you saying that is a 'problem'? If someone is going to do brain surgery on you, wouldn't you want the best neurosurgeon? If you were bankrolling a basketball team wouldn't you want the best players?
Exactly. The NBA is racist for a reason.
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