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Achieving representation closer to that of the wider population is not racist.
kridsdale1 | parent | next
Which population? FB hires from everywhere in the world and sponsors visas. Having an employee base that’s 30% Chinese and 30% indian should thus be the goal.
Dylan16807 | root | parent
To start with, you can sort the employee records into a visa pile and a not-visa pile.
ponow | parent | next
If you have to force something, it is. And it's being forced. If we made more white play in the NBA it might seem clearer.
Dalewyn | parent | next
You are explicitly considering a man's race, that is racism.
Dylan16807 | root | parent | next
Are you serious? Measuring something is not discrimination.
Dalewyn | root | parent | next
You are explicitly considering a man's race for something that is irrelevant to that consideration, in this case to answer whether to hire/admit them.

You must consider a man's race if this concerns something relevant to that consideration such as their medical history. This is not one of them; there are actually very few instances where asking a man's race is necessary.

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undersuit | root | parent
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Dalewyn | root | parent
Man as in mankind.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/man

>1a(1): an individual human

>b: the human race : HUMANKIND

>c: a bipedal primate mammal (Homo sapiens) that is anatomically related to the great apes but distinguished especially by notable development of the brain with a resultant capacity for articulate (see ARTICULATE entry 1 sense 1a) speech and abstract reasoning, and is the sole living representative of the hominid family

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