> I think that the primary focus should be on fixing the systemic problem you mention.
So what's your plan to fix it? Part of the plan other people have come up with involves taking overt positive steps to directly counteract the discrimination endemic to the system.
I fully admit that it's a difficult problem and I don't pretend to have the answers. It's difficult to articulate clearly, but I think my general thought is that it would be good if we could collectively agree that a world where race or gender didn't have to come into consideration is something to aim for. Maybe that's idealistic, I don't know. I just feel that a system which explicitly takes race or gender into consideration can only go so far towards ameliorating discrimination, and at some point it can begin to perpetuating the very thing it seeks to change.
So what's your plan to fix it? Part of the plan other people have come up with involves taking overt positive steps to directly counteract the discrimination endemic to the system.