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well the dude has degrees from Yale and stuff. He probably does have actual skill, at least as much as any white dude from Yale, possibly more.
It's not like they hired him literally only because he was black and nothing else. It's not like they would have just as easily hired a homeless, illiterate black dude.
Assuming that he has no skills and no worth and his only value is to be black is honestly kind of racist. If nothing else, he still had to compete against, and get the job over, a bunch of other black dudes / women at least, and that's without the social networks that white people have.
Why don't we give this dude a chance, and then judge him fairly based on his merits? Isn't that what we're supposed to be all about? Prejudging him is literally the definition of prejudice.
If he ends up being useless, then he can be fired. And if he ends up bringing a lot of value to the company, even if it's just by reassuring investors, advertisers, and customers that there is minority representation, then he's worth it. I mean, it's a business, I doubt they're going to do many things if it doesnt make them money.
TLDR - let's wait and judge this guy on his merits. Isn't that what any of us would want if we were in that guy's shoes? Isn't that the fair and right thing to do and what we want?
Comment by alexklaus80 at 01/07/2020 at 03:03 UTC
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How many needa[insert every kinds minority]mod subreddits do we need to make sure racism won’t happen? Latino Hispanic Asian Native American blah blah..
In the end this ironically reinforces racism, although the intention is opposite.
Comment by ThePlumThief at 01/07/2020 at 15:37 UTC
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The anouncement explicitly said they were hiring him because he's black. There was no mention of any of his previous experience in the industry or education, in fact they didn't even put his fucking name in the anouncement. They just said "a black admin has been hired to replace a white one."