The "deaths of despair" trifecta — alcoholism, overdose & suicide — hit unskilled middle-aged white men in the US uniquely hard, and this seems to be the one demographic we're totally fine shitting on in lieu of bothering to look for any kind of systemic problem - Kotaku In Action 2

The "deaths of despair" trifecta — alcoholism, overdose & suicide — hit unskilled middle-aged white men in the US uniquely hard, and this seems to be the one demographic we're totally fine shitting on in lieu of bothering to look for any kind of systemic problem (mobile.twitter.com)

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– lgbtqwtfbbq 4 points 4 years ago +4 / -0

At my company HR policy prohibits us from extending an offer until we interview at least one "diverse" candidate.

We had a candidate who was a STEM PhD from one of the top 2 "Institutes of Technology" with extremely relevant post-doc experience, and we couldn't extend him an offer because he was the wrong race. Granted we may not have won that particular battle for his talents, but HR wouldn't even let us fight it.

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