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This. Also, the folx who's resumes you never got because you only advertise on sites that are 80% white male or because you don't use inclusive language in the job description, or because you haven't yet fired the person who has assaulted colleagues over the years @Names_Alice/1291037657179529221Permalink
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Or the resumes you threw out because you couldn't pronounce their name, or they did get a degree but not at a school you know of, or they used to live in another country and they may not speak English well enoughPermalink
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Or you talk to them but they don't sound the same as you or you don't feel comfortable using "they" as a pronoun, or they went talk about how they help underprivileged folx and you don't want to bring politics into the workplacePermalink
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Or you do hire them and they are passed up for new project opportunities, or you gaslight their performance reviews, or you don't nurture an environment of safety and they leave
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Your meritocracy may be a lie you tell yourself to feel that you are the one with the meritsPermalink