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Originally posted by Shades
But, there it is again. They want to encourage more of "their kind" to join engineering- a fellowship tacitly based solely on race and gender. Again, how is that not racist? I mean, they came right out and said it in the name- they only are trying to help people of the right race and gender.
Here's the only test you'll ever need to know if something is racist. Take out whatever gender of race identifier they used- "Women," "Hispanic," etc.- and substitute in "White" or "Male" as appropriate. If it then sounds racist, then so was the original form.
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Look, try to understand this. Pretend that you didn't have a whole fucking world of positive white male role models, positive images of white males on TV, 99% of fortune 500 companies run by white males and all that. Now wonder why you might want an organization that encouraged pride in your group. Your simplistic view of the world is noted and discouraged.