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The Cisco Massacre

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  • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

    @George-K said in The Cisco Massacre:

    @Aqua-Letifer said in The Cisco Massacre:

    @Horace said in The Cisco Massacre:

    I really would not want to be a white person competing for a job right now.

    A handful of my rejection emails have come after my Skype call. I'm sure it's just because I'm ugly.

    DIdn't I post something about "blind auditions" a while ago?

    ?

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    #10

    @Aqua-Letifer I can't find it at the moment, but in the discussions of various organizations (musical in this case) expanding the "diversity" of their staff, I wondered whether "blind auditions" for orchestras would be a thing of the past - where the candidate performs behind a screen and the staff can't see gender, race, age...

    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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    • George KG George K

      @Aqua-Letifer I can't find it at the moment, but in the discussions of various organizations (musical in this case) expanding the "diversity" of their staff, I wondered whether "blind auditions" for orchestras would be a thing of the past - where the candidate performs behind a screen and the staff can't see gender, race, age...

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      Aqua Letifer
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      #11

      @George-K said in The Cisco Massacre:

      @Aqua-Letifer I can't find it at the moment, but in the discussions of various organizations (musical in this case) expanding the "diversity" of their staff, I wondered whether "blind auditions" for orchestras would be a thing of the past - where the candidate performs behind a screen and the staff can't see gender, race, age...

      You think they're going away from that, not toward?

      That's yet another thing that makes freelancing all-in appealing to me now: in addition to not putting all your eggs in one basket, no one wants to meet you in person. It's "what do you have" and "yeah, we can use that." Aside from restaurant work, it's the closest I've come to working in a true meritocracy.

      Please love yourself.

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      • jon-nycJ Online
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        jon-nyc
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        #12

        As if on cue.

        https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/16/arts/music/blind-auditions-orchestras-race.html

        Only non-witches get due process.

        • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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        • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

          @Horace said in The Cisco Massacre:

          I really would not want to be a white person competing for a job right now.

          A handful of my rejection emails have come after my Skype call. I'm sure it's just because I'm ugly.

          89th8 Offline
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          89th
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          #13

          @Aqua-Letifer said in The Cisco Massacre:

          @Horace said in The Cisco Massacre:

          I really would not want to be a white person competing for a job right now.

          A handful of my rejection emails have come after my Skype call. I'm sure it's just because I'm ugly.

          Maybe you should go with a first name of LaAqua

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          • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

            As if on cue.

            https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/16/arts/music/blind-auditions-orchestras-race.html

            89th8 Offline
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            89th
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            #14

            @jon-nyc said in The Cisco Massacre:

            As if on cue.

            https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/16/arts/music/blind-auditions-orchestras-race.html

            Literally the opposite of MLK’s dream?

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            • jon-nycJ Online
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              jon-nyc
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              #15

              Yeah

              Only non-witches get due process.

              • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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              • RainmanR Offline
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                Rainman
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                #16

                If my wife had an accident of some sort, and needed a surgeon, I'm not sure whether I would think it, or actually say it and follow through.

                Me: "I'm sorry Dr., but since you are black or African-American (could you clarify which one I should use so as not to offend you?) I have to consider the possibility that you are not as qualified as I would expect, given the fact that you likely enjoyed affirmative action to get where you are, and that therefore you are likely not as capable as a non-black doctor. I would ask for another surgeon Dr., I'm sure you understand my apprehension in regards to your educational background and skills."

                Of course if someone that looked like Dr. George walked in, with a big bird on his shoulder, and a humongous cat on a leash, I'd say:

                "Excuse me, could you bring the black guy back?"

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                • RainmanR Rainman

                  If my wife had an accident of some sort, and needed a surgeon, I'm not sure whether I would think it, or actually say it and follow through.

                  Me: "I'm sorry Dr., but since you are black or African-American (could you clarify which one I should use so as not to offend you?) I have to consider the possibility that you are not as qualified as I would expect, given the fact that you likely enjoyed affirmative action to get where you are, and that therefore you are likely not as capable as a non-black doctor. I would ask for another surgeon Dr., I'm sure you understand my apprehension in regards to your educational background and skills."

                  Of course if someone that looked like Dr. George walked in, with a big bird on his shoulder, and a humongous cat on a leash, I'd say:

                  "Excuse me, could you bring the black guy back?"

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                  LuFins Dad
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                  #17

                  @Rainman said in The Cisco Massacre:

                  If my wife had an accident of some sort, and needed a surgeon, I'm not sure whether I would think it, or actually say it and follow through.

                  Me: "I'm sorry Dr., but since you are black or African-American (could you clarify which one I should use so as not to offend you?) I have to consider the possibility that you are not as qualified as I would expect, given the fact that you likely enjoyed affirmative action to get where you are, and that therefore you are likely not as capable as a non-black doctor. I would ask for another surgeon Dr., I'm sure you understand my apprehension in regards to your educational background

                  I was going to post three different funny replies and realized that each of them would mean my son couldn’t be elected dog-catcher if they ever went public.

                  But trust me, they were hilarious.

                  The Brad

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                  • CopperC Offline
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                    Copper
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                    #18

                    Try this in the NBA.

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                    • AxtremusA Away
                      AxtremusA Away
                      Axtremus
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                      #19

                      Well, I was so close to buying a Cisco router, but decided on a much cheaper TRENDnet router instead. Nothing to do with this "massacre," however, just a simple business "bang for the buck" calculation.

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