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Shorter people (relative to their gender) systematically earn less. Yet we aren't in uproar about this, and they are still allowed to be the butt of many jokes.

Introversion is still taken poorly, as if it is a sin. Despite introversion having almost no relation to job performance without further context.

People who work better on different schedules are still funneled primarily into a 9-6 rhythm, being told to suck it up.

"White students" from poor backgrounds now struggle to move up even more, as they are selected against for "not being diverse enough".

Really, most companies with diversity quotas might not hire Joe, but they'll hire Juan who's basically the same as Joe except he's Mexican and loves Taco Tuesday more than Pizza Friday. It's diversity in the most superficial sense, looking for the same car with a different paint job. They're not in this to combat "racial injustices", they're in this to appease some crowd with too much money in an attempt to get more money out of them.




> Shorter people

Remote work should help with this. I have no idea how tall my coworkers are.

> Introversion

In my corner of the world - the tech industry - it's taken to be a baseline, so there is no discrimination.

There IS insufficient accordances made for neuroatypical (ADHD, Autistic) people with interviews, but there is active discussion happening about it.

> "White students" from poor backgrounds now struggle to move up even more

So long as any part of our society remains not a pure meritocracy, of course some people will struggle against others. Money is still the best way to get ahead. So poor people will struggle, and there is not enough opportunities for everyone. White people still get selected to "move up" by the forces that be, they just aren't the ONLY ones that do so. Instead of 99% of the scholarships going to white students, maybe 50%% are. But if that reflects the demographics of the part of society that is making that choice, where is the problem?

> diversity in the most superficial sense

It's a correction for discrimination in the most superficial sense. It's a start. It's a stepping stone towards not having any discrimination, and not needing corrective action like diversity initiatives.




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