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ausbah • today at 5:52 PM • 3 replies • view on HN

first sentence is one step from outright discrimination even if not everyone recognizes it. if you’re visibly transgender/queer, have noticeable accent, visible disability, and on and on and on

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sokoloff • today at 8:45 PM

It probably is zero steps from outright discrimination, but it matches my estimation of how humans actually behave.

I read it as a “is” statement not an “ought to be” statement.

throwaway2037 • today at 6:05 PM

    > have noticeable accent
It is weird that you picked this example. HN is dominated by folks working in technology. Depending upon where you work, a large minority of your co-workers probably have a "noticeable accent". Do you really think it still matters in 2026? I am forever trying to tell non-native English speakers who are concerned that their accent makes them sound dumb: For educated native English speakers, we don't care about your accent; we care about what you are saying.
elmer2 • today at 7:16 PM

I can get on board with this. However, discrimination based on political affiliation has been rampant in Silicon Valley ever since Trump has been president.

In addition to this, I regularly am looking for contract work, and have jobs outright ask me if I am part of the LGBT community in the interview process. This is almost all coming from California. Before DOGE cut most of the budgets, NGOs would tell me that they would only hire me if I was part of a minority group.

Since there's no test, I just say that I am to get more work (and this has gotten me more work).

I've worked with LOTS of people from the LGBT community. At this point, discrimination just isn't happening for those groups at any mainstream level. Women also make up > 50% of management in almost all companies I deal with, so the 'glass ceiling' is also a myth.

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