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StruckOff's avatar

Personally I would avoid Maori and Pacifica surgeons as they might have gotten into medical school on lesser grades, passed through medical school with multiple failures, passed through two years as a house officer despite failing and passed through specialist training with multiple failures. All of this is as it actually happens and I have watched my colleagues and my husband's colleagues do exactly that. So I would never see a Maori or Pacifica specialist which is awful as there are obviously some very excellent Maori and Pacifica specialists out there but their names are destroyed by the incompetence of their DEI counterparts.

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Reading this job and, it strikes me that very few specialists would meet the criteria. But there may exist a purple unicorn who does, which makes me wonder if specific individuals are already identified and the ad is a way of justifying their employment?

Looking at a number of job ads, it seems Aotearoa has been stealthily implementing affirmative actions for a small well connected segment of society, who are loading the dice to ensure that they and their friends are getting preferred access to jobs.

The National Party in South Africa called it Separate Development, the ANC called it Affirmative Action and Black Economic Empowerment.

I guess Aotearoa doesn't have any problems with institutionalised racism, judging by what has been happening since Ardern took over.

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