Comment by behnamoh
2 years ago
I'm not white either but seriously, this mindset of "victimization of non-white people" needs to stop. I'd rather be taken seriously for my merits than my minority privileges (due to DEI for example).
2 years ago
I'm not white either but seriously, this mindset of "victimization of non-white people" needs to stop. I'd rather be taken seriously for my merits than my minority privileges (due to DEI for example).
> I'd rather be taken seriously for my merits
Me too. The reality is that people don't always take my merits seriously.
I'm male though. Females have it much worse. I have heard lots of horror stories (both behind their back in "locker room talk" and directly from them) where their actual merits are effectively ignored and all focus is on their body. It's insane.
> Females have it much worse
The entire concept of "warm introductions" is harmful to women.
Because most VC partners, CEOs etc are men. And so you have this power imbalance where young, women founders feel like they are forced to build relationships with typically older men.
And like you said there are plenty of horror stories (my partner was one) where this power imbalance gets abused.
What we need are data. Then set up funds that scoop up the good ideas left on the table by this dumb money if it exists.
You're looking at it backwards. White people get an automatic advantage because they're white. Any advantages given to minorities are an attempt to balance the game.
> White people get an automatic advantage because they're white.
By whom? By other white people? Homophily is a real phenomenon in every ethnicity.
But if you're saying that white people get advantages by non-white people, then it's a cultural issue of those non-white people who, for some reason, have internalized racism (look up inferiority syndrome).