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Ageism is the one -ism everybody suffers from.

It doesn't matter how privileged you are. You might think "hey, I'm a straight cis white male, I'll never have to worry about discrimination!". And then 20 years later, you're middle-aged. Hello age discrimination!

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Dumb argument - straight cis white males are agrubly the ones who have to worry about discrimination the most.

Why do you think we're seeing articles about ageism in tech? It's because people do care about it. Look at all the ethical issues that don't get much attention - H1Bs and social stratification in India for example.

I've been rejected from a job before (where I knew someone working there) and was told they had to go with a "diversity hire" since they lost their only female engineer earlier that year. The comments implying I have it easy just because of my gender and skin color are ridiculous and only serve to further divide, not to mention incredibly insulting to the groups mentioned.

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