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collyw on Aug 11, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: How I, a woman in tech, benefited from sexism in S...

Personally I feel that its bad idea for the fact that affirmative action is sexist / racist. You end up selecting people based on their skin color / sex rather than their ability.

skj on Aug 11, 2017 [–]

The bit that leaves out is that this already happens without affirmative action.

masondixon on Aug 11, 2017 | [–]

Affirmative action is definitely racist and sexist. Without it, maybe it is in some cases.

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