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Originally Posted by rubecube
I can't say for certain regarding accounting, but talk to women and minorities in STEM and it's absolutely been an industry that's hostile to marginalized people. Is your stance seriously that women and minorities haven't been historically denied jobs because of their gender, race, etc.?
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My position is the disparities are mostly due to other reasons. But people want to believe they’re about qualified candidates being turned away by bigots and sexists because that makes for a more emotionally stirring narrative.
Also, I work in STEM. And relative to their share of the general population, Asians are overrepresented among my colleagues. How to account for that if hiring is distorted by entrenched bigotry?