I am sure he is very aware of the quotas against Asians.

I’ve gotten a lot of recommendation letters and none of them have ever mentioned my race in them. Whose references, in this day and age, mention race? “During her tenure as a Half-White, Half Black sales representative, Michelle went above and beyond to ensure that her customers felt taken care of ...” or “After we…

Why would he need to duplicate it? It isn’t like my social security number or my residence tell people what race I am. They definitely don’t cross reference that with Census data.

Secondly, how the hell are you gonna get in to medical school with a 3.1?

Okay, I can see how that would work and he could get away with it. Who would want to call someone out on their race?

I’m super confused. What documentation would he need to make up to pull this scam? None of the items you mention have racial identifiers on them. His middle name is JoJo. If he looks black in the interview, what awkward white administrator is going to say, I am sorry sir, but I don’t think you are black?

Yeah, but in every application I have ever done for anything, my race was just a box to check. They don’t cross reference that with US census data. He claims to used all his standard documentation during his application. None of that would indicate race and if he put his middle name as his preferred name, they would…

Honestly, I really don't get how you can't know what's happening in VZ, it's been going on for well over a decade.

I'm Venezuelan. You can't even buy an aspirin right now. Drug stores, grocery stores, you name it. All empty.

Nah it's everything. This is one example of hospitals that depend on state funds (aka all of the ones that matter) having no money for *anything* Finding a fucking operating room is impossible. It's not like Venezuelan doctors don't know what the best care is, they just have no resources because the state owns…

This is quite honestly the most inexplicable and obviously awful corporate idea I have ever heard of. They would have been better off reminding people they offer health insurance to their employees, unlike most independent coffee shops or fast food joints. For that, I have never hated Starbucks, but this "race…

That's not all though, you're saying to explicitly marginalize one group over another. Why can't it be "buy X to support marginalized writers" instead of "don't buy Y, only buy X"? Fighting prejudice with prejudice is not a great idea, in my opinion.

Or..... I could just read whatever sounds good, completely ignoring race, gender, and sexual orientation. Which is why Elizabeth Bear, Howard Andrew Jones, and Saladin Ahmed (you probably don't know him, but his book sounds pretty cool) just sold books, and half a dozen others got added to an Amazon wish list. I have…

In this day and age, ANYONE can publish a book. Just search Amazon and you will see some of the self-published trash there. I am confident that good authors will be read, regardless of their level of tan.

There are those of us who care about actively trying to make the world a more equitable place.

While I agree that diversity should be encouraged in publishing, prohibiting yourself from reading white-male authors is both sexist and racist. The problem doesn't even reside in the consumer/reader anyway; it's a bias at the publisher. I understand the idea that reducing the success of white-male authors could…

I agree. Feminism and (for lack of a better phrase) anti-racism is about bringing the traditionally oppressed groups 'up' to where white men are, by changing things so that they are paid equally, given equal opportunities, etc. It is about bringing people up. By intentionally not reading books by white male…

I have seriously NEVER considered the age, sex or race of the author before reading a book. Most of the time, I do not even know it, and quite frankly, I don't care.

I get where they are going in that I generally gravitate to reading white male authors, and they tend to perpetually dominate the bestseller lists.

In my case I did get full blood work done, and knew my status for everything before I even got pregnant. One of the many benefits of leaving in Quebec.