No, She Wasn’t Hired Because She Is Black or A Woman

The misunderstood concept of Diversity Hiring and negative repercussions

The Maverick Files
6 min readMar 11, 2021

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“That new manager they hired, she’s sure gonna make us look good on the diversity numbers.”

“I had no chance of getting that job, what’s the point even interviewing for it? They were looking for a “diversity hire” and a poor

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