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That is a laughable notion when study after study shows that identical resumes with traditionally male and white names get more call-backs than resumes with female or traditionally minority names. You can't get the job if you can't even get in the door for an interview.
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What's laughable is I said genetalia and skin hue, and you started talking about names.
Even more laughable is that I've never applied for a job, so your "name on a resume" example isn't applicable.
Finally, there is institutionalized racism in the US, and it's against white males and Asians. Those who can check off the most boxes in the intersectional victimhood olympics go straight to the top.
That's why I now identify as a black, lesbian, trans, disabled woman. Anyone saying anything bad about me is a racist, homophobic, transphobic, ableist, sexist.
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A white African born into a wealthy white family in Apartheid South Africa. (Who fled to Canada at 17 to avoid mandatory military service required of all white males at the time) Musk didn't rise up out of the slums to become the world's riches man. He started life in a family that commuted by private plane.
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You're making my point about seizing opportunity rather than squandering it. If I'd have had all those advantages, you'd probably never know who I was because I'd have achieved much less.
I'd be like all the unknown siblings of folks like Bezos, Gates, Soros, Buffet, Musk... even playing fields are lumpy, it seems.