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Originally Posted by SameOldStory
"But it's an issue all attempts to redress an inequality by means of affirmative action face isn't it?"
Are you saying that a minority can't pass a Turing type test, and therfore needs special consideration?
" more a question of not being recognized in an industry dominated by white men."
I agree that there has been unjust descrimination in the past from publishers. How can this be corrected by affirmative action? I care how well a book is written on a subject that interests me. The fact that the author could be a minority is of no concern to me at all. The first few pages will tell me all I want to know.
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No, I'm not saying a writer from an under-represented group, (and many of the groups may not be minorities though they are under-represented, women, for example), cannot pass a Turing test, (though what it's got to do with the subject at hand is beyond me), and therefore needs special consideration. I am saying that if someone who belongs to a demographic group that has been systematically excluded from taking the Turing test - to continue with your analogy - then there might be a case for some kind of special consideration.