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There have been a number of times in my (so far) short career where it's been made evidently clear that if I didn't pass as white, things would be very different for me.

Can you expand on that?

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I, too, would love to hear more details. I find it astounding that an industry that does not care about looks (tech) would have something that is evidently very prevalent.

Please do expand.

I look very Hispanic, and have a marked accent. What have I been missing in life?

Yes. I wished I had many upvotes to give for such an expansion! For example, is there someone out there who experience "passing as white" in certain areas of the U.S. but not in others? It's like a Reddit AMA, but better!! If not, maybe OP can go undercover as a "real hispanic"?

I look very Indian(but come from the subcontinent, not the country) and have a marked accent(slightly different from Indian). I too am interested in what I have been missing out on. I know as a non-Christian in the South, my chances are probably worse, but I never considered my Hispanic friends(middle class, well educated) to be less privileged than white people.

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