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I was working in DEI and diversity recruiting for tech before it took off, or the corporate equal of affirmative action. In theory, one is the beneficiary of affirmative action if one is put over the top due to race or gender, all other things being equal. I’ve also seen people get hired for their race or gender over their abilities, and it turned

The ubiquitous accusation of racism and sexism is covering up for the very obvious favoritism educated white people show for others based on their demographic categories. For the most politically inclined Democrats (also the whitest and richest) to question whether the person of color is actually the most qualified is tantamount to sin. I have play

Affluent liberals may have forgotten the financial crisis, but I haven’t. My family was destitute for over seven years, and I struggled to get a footing in the middle class until 2014, when I was given a golden ticket in getting a job at Google. My parents do not have degrees. I bristle so much about the focus on race and gender at the expense of m

Regardless of who wins, these two trends will delegitimize Democrats as the party of the working class or people of color:

Black and Latino men defecting in larger numbers than ever. This cancels the monopoly the party claims on anti-racism and civil rights. You can’t have this many defections and claim you’re still representative of people of color

The narrative: America is too racist and sexist to elect a black woman.

The reality: many women felt their intelligence insulted by the party that forced two terrible ones on us in 2016 and 2024. Men are allowed to vote how they like; it need not be driven by sexism. They don’t owe women anything, and especially not a woman who ignored them her enti

Here’s what I’ve seen of the H1B system as a native-born American of Indian parentage in a technical job. All sides of this argument overlook many things.

H1Bs are exploited in many environments, and they are impelled to tolerate it. Indian work culture is also even worse than that of Americans.
Indian male managers, in my experience, have brought th

Seeing two Trump administration Indian-Americans (one American-born, one Indian-born) be dragged by actual MAGA racists creates tension vis-a-vis Indians as racial beings. Indians are largely well off and educated and so are less affected by racism materially than people of color who don’t have degrees or white collar jobs.

We exist uncomfortably on

Observations from recent conversations with liberals/lefties

Universal moral principles don’t exist and aren’t desirable; always do what’s best for you.
Even when I explain that social justice puts me in a box that white people prefer, to white people, it is deflected to be about how white people are still racist, and it’s a question of power.
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I, like others, am fed up with Democrats not because of their stated positions but because most Democrats around me are unrepentantly arrogant, classist, and self-deluded. I am guilty of the same in years past, so perhaps I see it everywhere now. The arrogance manifests in how they casually dismiss anyone who disagrees as terrible people. Self-delu

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