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Ah yes, the CEO of Blackrock is definitely an ally to LGBT people (head of their "mafia" even, according to you) and not just cynically pandering to whichever way the wind is blowing for exactly the amount of time it's beneficial to him and not a second more.

Just so you know, no progressive likes these evil companies or considers them or their CEOs allies. Their DEI initiatives are as fake as their environmental ones, it's just virtue signaling. They don't actually do anything for LGBT people — or any people for that matter, because believe it or not, real DEI includes straight white guys too! — they just adapt their marketing and product offerings to growing progressive sentiment. But the second the culture shifts, so does their "very serious commitment" to ESG/DEI/whatever.

And don't get me started how the rainbow marketing is non-existant in countries without widespread acceptance of LGBT people, which you'd think would be a crucial piece of their activity if their goal was actually to spread an ideology, right? (By contrast, think how MAGA-like movements exist in even the most progressive countries, and they push on regardless.) But this supposed "LGBT mafia" doesn't push at all, they're reactive to the environment and they shift gears the second it becomes a perceived liability: Musk, Zuckerberg, all of Big Tech and other supposed global wokeness spreaders, they all pivoted away from performative progressivism the second they realized it wouldn't harm their profits.

So there's your LGBT mafia chief. Got any more?

I'm talking about present day, not about someone's forefathers. Today people are separated and judged based on their skin color and their preferred sexual partners. If it wasn't right 100 years ago, I don't see how it is OK now.

It guarantees a slot regardless of prejudice since you cannot check bias at the selection level. Instead you create a reserve to guarantee certain people who have a harder time reaching this goal - genuinely get considered.

They would be marginalized and overlooked purely through selection bias along with odds. Most colored folks have harder odds of ever even making it to college. Money, support structures, and other variables are hugely different. The same game, different difficulties.

That's why collegiate schools work as an interview most times - it is to understand your struggle. It is the time to tell your tale, sell yourself, elaborate and intrigue. That's why your friend failed.

You're just making an excuse for him. He is not the cream of the crop, and you made it about race. So i guess you're upset he's not the brightest of the whites? And it'd be rude to make him actually take any accountability for his failure.