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I'm confused now. Which stance are you taking?

> When technology becomes more meritocratic (e.g., audition via github/coding tests/open source contributions rather than interviews), we get more Asians, fewer non-Asian minorities and fewer women. Because meritocracy in technology fails to achieve the goal of "gotta catch them all", it must be opposed.

This seems to suggest that you don't want meritocracy. Was that sarcasm?

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I want meritocracy.

I don't think meritocracy (at least in tech) helps promote "diversity" (where diversity is a code word for "women and non-Asian minorities"). (The latter claim is broadly supported, albeit in convoluted language, by the social justice types who oppose meritocracy.)

I'm perfectly fine with this; "gotta catch em all" is not one of my goals. It is, however, the goal of many social justice types, so they necessarily oppose meritocracy.

My mistake, thanks for the clarification.

I think you are conflating fajitas position and that of the "social justice types".

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