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+1. Unless you're a believer in affirmative action, which I'm not, the ultimate way to work for diversity is to not even know what races, colors, or sexes your employees are.



Two thoughts:

- It's not a ternary choice between being racist/bigoted, perfectly neutral, or practicing affirmative action. You (along with everyone else) have a set of implicit biases; to curb them and better yourself, you have to take into account things like gender, color or age.

- How do you not know these things in a small startup?


You (along with everyone else) have a set of implicit biases

Which you can correct for without ever meeting the person in question or taking into account their gender, color or age.

How do you not know these things in a small startup?

I don't understand. Does starting a company suddenly make you stupid?




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