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In reply to the discussion: I'm surprised how many DU'ers think aknowledging white male privilege is somehow bigoted [View all]ElboRuum
(4,717 posts)I don't know you, you don't know me. Difference between us is that I acknowledge that I don't know you. This is where my questions come from, an HONEST desire to get the facts straight and to trust, but also to verify. You, on the other hand, seem to think you know where my head's at, and as a result, you always get me wrong.
Are you saying he should have never gotten the job in the first place? If so, I'm saying that it is the nature of the interview process to reward those who approach it with confidence and charisma. These are individual traits, not male traits, not white traits. And thus, not the privilege of which this thread seems to be about. Getting the job and doing the job are two different things and they require skills that don't necessarily dovetail. The former requires confidence and charisma, the latter requires whatever the job requires. Many people have bullshitted their way through an interview into a position, but it really has nothing to do with "privilege", it has to do with skill at bullshitting... or should I say, "charisma and confidence".
Just FYI, I never asked for your advice. I don't want to learn opinion in the guise of truth, I'll just have to unlearn it later and I'd love to save myself the trouble.